Ride Along is a 2014 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tim Story and written by Greg Coolidge, Jason Mantzoukas, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, and starring Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter and Laurence Fishburne. The film follows Ben Barber (Hart), a security guard who must prove to his girlfriend's police officer brother, James Payton (Cube), that he is worthy of marrying her. During their 24-hour patrol of Atlanta, Ben accidentally gets wrapped up in James' hunt for an arms dealer, Omar (Fishburne). The film was produced by Relativity Media, Cube Vision Productions and Rainforest Films, and distributed by Universal Pictures.