Petty thief Harry Lockhardt (Downey) is a lovable loser who accidentally winds up in the movie business, auditioning for the part of a private detective.
Before you can even think about the next cliché in the film, it grabs it, makes a mockery of it and proceeds at break-neck pace. Yes, a buddy-movie, film-noir, murder mystery, crime-thriller, all rolled into one hip modern self-referential update, packed with amusing references to all the clichés of the genres depicted. Think of a Raymond Chandler murder mystery, updated to a sort of modern and enormously. I didn't expect much from this at all, but it turned out pretty good.
