Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan star as two veteran NYPD partners who are on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card and find themselves up against a memorabilia-obsessed gangster.

Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz and Seann William Scott co-star in supporting roles.

Jimmy's daughter Ava is getting married in a $50,000 event, stressing him, while Paul suspects his wife, Debbie, having an affair with their neighbor.

Unwilling to let Ava's arrogant stepfather Roy pay for the wedding, Jimmy sells his most prized possession, a one-of-a-kind 1952 baseball card.

Jimmy and Paul arrest Dave during his next burglary, but he already sold the card to Poh Boy, a drug dealer obsessed with rare baseball memorabilia.

Jimmy and Paul cut a deal with Poh Boy, agreeing to retrieve a stolen car on the dealer's behalf.

Upon recovering the car, they are suddenly chased by Poh Boy's gang members, with one of them being his brother, Juan Diaz.

Hiding out in a motel, Jimmy is pulled away by fellow detectives Barry and his partner, Hunsaker, who believe that Paul was criminally involved.

Jimmy breaks into Poh Boy's hideout while they were attending Juan's funeral, only to be surrounded by the gang when they return early.

Devising a plan to draw away the mass number of gangsters surrounding the hideout, Paul manages to get Poh Boy to send away some of them to the Pulaski Bridge to exchange his flash drive.

They shoot him dead and rescue Gabriela, but Paul's bullet goes through Jimmy's baseball card in Poh Boy's shirt pocket, rendering it worthless.

Impressed with the duo's initiative and inadvertently assisting two colleagues caught up in the shootout, the precinct chief restores Jimmy and Paul to active duty, awarding them commendations.

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The site's critical consensus reads, "Cop Out is a cliched buddy action/comedy that suffers from stale gags and slack pacing.