| “ | Kick move! | „ |
| ~ Ben Barber’s catchphrase |
Benjamin “Ben” Barber (aka Black Hammer) is one of the two main protagonists (alongside James Payton) of the Ride Along franchise. He is portrayed by Kevin Hart, who also played Calvin Joyner in Central Intelligence, Franklin "Mouse" Finbar in Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level, Snowball in The Secret Life of Pets, Darnell Lewis in Get Hard, George Beard in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Ace in DC League of Super-Pets, and Roland in Borderlands.
Ride Along 1[]
Ben has always wanted to be a cop, but now he's working as a security guard at a high school until he found out he got accepted into the police academy and will start working with his future. brother-in-law, James. But James isn't too fond of Ben because he thinks Ben is a joke and only wants his sister, Angela for sex, also because Ben accidentally set James on fire at a barbecue one time. Ben finds out that James has been doing 1-23's to make him not join the police academy and fail at proving James he is worthy but instead Ben stays with James all day so he still prove to him. Ben also spends his time playing a video game that helped get him and James out of the warehouse alive. After defeating Omar and his henchmen with the help of Ben, James gives Ben his blessing to marry Angela.
Ride Along 2[]
Ben Barber, a rookie cop, harbors ambitions of following in the footsteps of his soon-to-be brother-in-law, detective James Payton. Reluctantly, James agrees to join Ben on a trip to Miami to pursue a lead linked to a drug ring. Their investigation introduces them to a homicide detective and a hacker who uncovers damning evidence implicating a respected businessman. Now, James and Ben must gather proof to expose the true identity of Antonio Pope, a charismatic executive who secretly controls the violent underworld of southern Florida's drug trade.