Genre: Action/Comedy
Running Length: 1:52
Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens, Jillian Bell
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Screenplay: Michael Bacall and Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman, based on a story by Michael Bacall & Jonah Hill
As I've not watched 21 Jump Street and very little of the TV series, I had no expectations at all going into 22 JUMP STREET and it turned out to be an entertaining ride. The narrative isn't much but a series of humourous situations strung together. Some of the sequences are outright laugh-aloud funny (and borderline brilliant and bizarre) but there were also a few hits-and-misses. The movie could have benefited more if they had more action sequences. But beneath all its craziness, 22 Jump Street is first and foremost a buddy film. And Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum on-screen chemistry is ridiculously great; especially poking fun of the modern day bromance bordering on homo-eroticism. It is impossible to imagine both Hill and Tatum not having fun during the filming process. A special shout out to Ice Cube who deliciously plays (or more of overplays) the "angry black captain" role - he steals every scene in which he appears. The end credits sequence is worth staying for as it pokes fun at just about everything.
Rating: 6/10
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