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Directed by | Robert Ben Garant |
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Reno 911! by Robert Ben Garant Thomas Lennon Kerri Kenney-Silver |
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Music by | Craig Wedren |
Cinematography | Joe Kessler |
Edited by | John Refoua |
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80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million |
Box office | $22 million |
Reno 911!: Miami is a 2007 cop comedy film based on Comedy Central's Reno 911! and directed by cast member Robert Ben Garant, who plays "Junior". Distributed in the United States by 20th Century Fox alongside Comedy Central Films, the film was released on February 23, 2007 to mixed reviews from critics, most of whom say that fans of the show will appreciate it more than those not familiar with the material.
The film opens outside of a building where terrorists are holding hostages and a nuclear bomb. The Reno Sheriff's Department arrives in a helicopter, called in as experts. As the group prepare to deal with the situation, Deputy Travis Junior wakes up and realizes it was a dream; he was sleeping at the wheel and the vehicle he and Lt. Dangle are in crashes.
The film continues with introductory clips of the officers, telling how they became interested in law enforcement, à la COPS. After a scene involving a chicken in the road miscoded as an "armed person on a roof", Dangle tells everyone that they have been invited to the American Police Convention in Miami Beach. On arrival, the group finds they are not on the entrant list. Having nowhere to stay, they rent rooms at a motel that seems to be a hub of illegal activities. After partying most of the night, most of the police officers unsuccessfully attempt to seduce one another at the motel, with the guys eventually turning to pleasuring themselves to the shock of the ones outside.
As everyone recovers from their hangovers, Johnson discovers a tattoo on her breast of a mystery man. The team return to the convention to see if their tickets were found, but discover the building has been the subject of a bio-chemical terrorist attack that has quarantined the police inside. The only city official left outside is assistant deputy mayor Jeff Spoder. The head of National Security asks Reno Sheriffs Department to provide law enforcement for Miami Beach. A high-ranking SWAT agent, Rick "The Condor" Smith, arrives on the scene to give a pep talk, but soon ends up blowing himself up with a grenade he had unpinned during the talk.