The Man

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The Man ★ 2005 (PG-13)

Andy Fiddler (Levy) an eccentrically nerdy dentalsupply salesman from Milwaukee, travels to Detroit for a convention where some illegal armsdealing crooks mistake him for hardboiled ATF agent, Derrick Vann (Jackson). Andy gets drawn into the crimebusting plot. Jackson and Levy deliver exactly what you expect in this old school kooky crime buster, but nothing more in this seenitdonebetterelsewhere attempt at mismatched buddy comedy. 79m/C DVD . US Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Anthony Mackie, Horatio Sanz, Rachael Crawford, Susie Essman, Tomorrow Baldwin; D: Les Mayfield; W: Jim Piddock, Margaret Grieco Oberman, Stephen Carpenter; C: Adam Kane; M: John Murphy, Dana Sano.

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