1.   Basically this is a buddy movie without buddies.

2.   Buddy movie follows a pair of two-bit con men looking for the legendary City of Gold.

3.   If all buddy cop movies are frustratingly formulaic, the same can be said about buddy cop TV shows.

4.   You will by now have guessed that this is yet another reluctant buddy movie, with Smith as the man of action.

5.   As in all buddy movies, West and Gordon hate each other at first.

6.   If Hollywood made a buddy movie about the Mir space station, Anatoly Solovyev would be the savvy, cool-headed veteran, and Pavel Vinogradov the eager rookie.