Chicago cops Ray (Gregory Hines) & Danny (Billy Crystal) sail close to the wind in their law-enforcing tactics & are forced to take leave when one of their stunts backfires A holiday in Florida seems the ideal way to nurse their bruised professional egos & to their surprise the duo realise that the beach lifestyle suits them much better than their daily confrontations with the Chicago criminal fraternity They decide to hand in their notices & open a bar in Key West but not without first settling an old score with gangster bigwig Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits)