Genre and NCIS

RIDE ALONG

Genre

Action Comedy

Narrative

The storyline is based around a awkward wannabe cop who is engaged to a cops sister. He wants to learn from his fiancée brother so he takes him under his wing for a day which leads to all types of disaster. but through all of this they are drawn closer together and the hesitant brother realises that he may be the one for his sister. this has particularly gained an audience due to the performance of two big comedy stars.

Character

The characters of this film are two strong male comedians who are known for their work in yearly comedy's like this-the father figure role is played by ice cube, who is well known typecast for protective father role figure plays the fiancée brother. Kevin Hart plays the awkward clumsy boyfriend is the typical "i want to prove myself" character who he is also well known for playing.

Iconography
In this film there is a clash of iconography as it is a mix genre of action and comedy which are purposely made to collide. there are strong action iconography like a car chase, warehouse scene and and a gun scene. but these clash as they are ruined by over confidence of the wannabe cop with things like giving away the plan overreacting and embarrassing phone calls.

Setting
It does not have a strong central plot but most of the scenes are situated in the city of police on patrol. it has a high school, the couples house, and police HQ but most of the action and plot twists happen while they are on patrol.