CHiPs is a 2017 American buddy cop action comedy film written and directed by Dax Shepard,[5] based on the 1977–1983 television series of the same name created by Rick Rosner.

The film stars Shepard as Officer Jon Baker and Michael Peña as Frank "Ponch" Poncherello, with Rosa Salazar, Adam Brody and Vincent D'Onofrio in supporting roles.

Gail Hernandez sympathizes with Jon, noting that he can ride a motorcycle better than the majority of cadets she has trained, so grants him a probationary graduation.

In Miami, Castillo is informed that the CHP have requested the FBI's help in the armored van heist, believing that a corrupt police ring is involved.

Baker notes that there is not a single commendation, picture or other effects a helicopter pilot would have in the house and precisely identifies the bikes used in the heist as the Ducati Hypermotard 939.

During a lengthy pursuit with one of the crew members, Officer Brian Grieves secretly informs LT that the suspect involved is his son.

Ray shoots off three of Ponch's fingers, leaving him unable to return fire, so he instead must rely on Baker's poor aim to retaliate.

Altering his aim to compensate, Baker accidentally detonates an explosive device that incapacitates Ray and his remaining guards, who Perez and the other Officers arrest.

The project began as a personal film that Dax Shepard wanted to do: a motor sports comedy starring him and Michael Peña, and a tribute to the CHiPs television series.

I lived in Detroit and it was cold and cloudy every day, and you’d turn this show on and for an hour you were in California, and it was beaches and palm trees and this weird pair on motorcycles, and as a kid, I was in.

[8]On September 2, 2014, Warner Bros. announced a film adaptation of the 1977–1983 TV series CHiPs created by Rick Rosner, which Andrew Panay would be producing along with Shepard.

[citation needed] In September 2014, Warner Bros. announced that Shepard would write, direct, and star in the film as Officer Jon Baker, and that Michael Peña would portray Frank "Ponch" Poncherello.

[15] In September, Adam Brody joined the film to play an officer, while Rosa Salazar and Shepard's wife Kristen Bell also signed on to star.

[16][11] A few weeks later, Jessica McNamee signed on to play Lindsey Taylor, a tough and beautiful young California Highway Patrol officer.

The site's critical consensus reads, "CHiPs abandons the endearing innocence of its source material, using the titular cop show's premise as a setup for aggressively lowbrow gags that prove only mildly arresting at best.

Shepard just sprinkles overstated banter onto a generic plot and bits of pedal-to-the-metal action, as if he was serving the action-comedy gods by sticking the usual ingredients in a blender and pushing 'purée.

'"[28] The original show's star, Larry Wilcox, posted on Twitter saying, "Way to go Warner Bros – just ruined the Brand of CHIPS and of the Calif Highway Patrol.