Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

Cast

Will SmithMike Lowrey

Martin LawrenceMarcus Burnett

Téa LeoniJulie Mott

Tchéky KaryoFouchet

Joe PantolianoCaptain Howard