Hey guys, I hope you
enjoy this super-late review of 22 Jump Street. Just for the
record, I was planning on seeing The Purge: Anarchy, but it
was sold out and so it was either this or Tammy. I think I
made the right choice.
This film's plot is a
lot like the first one's: so much so that several jokes are made
about it. Two years after the first Jump Street program, officers
Schmidt and Jenko are on the streets going after drug dealers. Their
efforts are not very successful, thus they are reassigned to Jump
Street (whose headquarters have moved to the building across the
street) to pose as undercover college students. It's a great plot,
providing lots of scenarios for varied jokes. Also, the question of
who is the dealer is a decent mystery, but its payoff is rather
underwhelming.
As expected, 22 Jump
Street's central focus is on the bromance between Jenko and
Schmidt. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum have excellent chemistry. They
are hilarious and the troubles they go through are epic. Ice Cube –
playing the comedically short-tempered Captain Dickson – steals
every scene he's in. He has a couple of especially good freakouts.
Admittedly, the villains aren't all that memorable, but that's not
that much of a problem; Hill and Tatum are more than enough to keep
you entertained.
The jokes in this film
are rowdy, goofy, and nonstop. Although some of them aren't exactly
new – the whole character giving commentary on his own predicament
in the middle of an action scene – they're still just as funny as
ever. 22 Jump Street even makes fun of itself with a ton of
self-referential jokes.
I've only seen bits and
pieces of 21 Jump Street, so I can't say if this one is any
better or worse. But what I can say is that 22 Jump Street is
a load of self-aware, side-splitting fun. If you like modern
comedies, than go watch this film you'll enjoy it for sure.
Rating: four stars out
of five.
