Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) is a rough-edged cop after two vicious cop-killers. He can't do it without the help of smooth and dapper Reggie Hammond (Eddie Murphy), who is serving time for a half-million dollar robbery. This unlikely partnership trades laughs as often as punches as both pursue their separate goals: Cates wants the villains; Hammond wants his money and some much-needed female companionship.