Showtime is a 2002 comedy/action film starring Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro and directed by Tom Dey. Its plot centers around two cops at odds who are paired together for a reality police show and run into real trouble with a crime lord. The beginning of the story closely parallels that of the 1988 film The Dead Pool, in which Harry Callahan intentionally breaks a news camera and is subject to favors for the news channel as a result. In this film, Robert De Niro breaks a news camera and, as a result, must participate in a reality television show.

release year: 2002

star(s): Eddie Murphy    Mos Def    Robert De Niro