[Laurin Sydney, Cnn Correspondent:] Martin Lawrence and Danny DeVito go head-to-head in the new film "What's the Worse that Could Happen?" Lawrence plays a thief, and Devito, his billionaire victim. But things take a wickedly comic turn as the two funnymen play a game of one-upmanship. CNN's Paul Vercammen has more on the comic crime caper.
[Martin Lawrence, Actor:] Look, you caught me fair and square, but how about I walk out here, nothing taken, nothing harmed? How does that sound?
[Danny Devito, Actor:] You stay right where you are, or I shoot you in the head. How does that sound?
[Paul Vercammen, Cnn Correspondent::] So begins the vicious cycle of thieving and plotting and revenge in "What's the Worst that Could Happen?" starring Danny DeVito and Martin Lawrence.
[Lawrence:] This is not the movie that's going to save the world. but go out and get a few laughs and just have fun with it.
[Vercammen:] DeVito's character, the cut-throat businessman, takes a ring from Lawrence as the common thief.
[Devito:] Well, I didn't actually steal. Like here, this is a different thing. A guy comes into your house to steal from you. It's OK, you can do anything to that guy. That's not stealing. That's getting even.
[Vercammen:] But time for true confessions. Lawrence admits, as a child, he once ripped off a candy bar.
[Lawrence:] It had peanuts and raisins in it. And I bit into it, and as soon as I bit into the chunky, do you know, I felt bad. And I took a half a chunky back to the store and it was I. I was him, he is I, I stole it. They said, wait here for the cops. I said, kiss my
[Vercammen:] John Leguizamo played Lawrence's scheming accomplice, a master at phony accents. [Begin Video Clip, "what's The Worst That Could Happen"]
[John Leguizamo, Actor:] How much for the whole building?
[Unidentified Actress:] I'm not sure.
[Leguizamo:] Don't they know? That's how we lost the last translator.
[Vercammen:] Bernie Mac, Martin Lawrence's real-life pal, is in on the heists. [BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?"]
[Lawrence:] Man, I feel like I'm getting robbed by everybody tonight.
[Bernie Mac, Actor:] I'm supposed to be a friend of Martin, but this is the first movie I've ever been in with him. What kind of friend of that? I haven't even been on Martin's television show. He ran for six years, seven years. Did he ever invite me? Never.
[Vercammen:] "What's the Worst that Could Happen?" takes many hair-raising turns. [BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?"]
[Lawrence:] I'd like to say, power to the people. Let's rise up.
[Vercammen:] Paul Vercammen, CNN Entertainment News, Hollywood.
[Sydney:] And "What's The Worst That Could Happen?" heads to theaters this weekend.