Loosely based on the hit TV show "Spencer for Hire" this take is about a good Boston cop (Wahlberg) standing up to a bad cop and becoming ostracized & jailed by his peers. When he gets out of prison, he shares a room with Hawk (the ridiculously talented and sexy Winston Duke). Alan Arkin as Spenser mentor is brilliant casting. This movie WORKED...until Iliza Shlesinger's character shows up. Trashy, loud-mouth, Boston white woman. Mark & Peter has played this stereotype as much as Quentin Tarantino writes the N word in his scripts. I'm not even a white woman, and I'm offended. This character LITERALLY makes no sense. She basically stalks Spenser at his work, makes a scene, simply to tell him to leave her alone. WHAT?! No! Iliza is an amazing actress, but this role was beneath her talents.
Again 4 out of 5 stars. Hopefully if a sequel is greenlit they tone down the stereotypical Boston trashiness.