Phil Lord and Chris Miller have brought us a fantasitc comedy in which I feel that Channing Tatum has finally found himself as an actor. He has done a few romantic leads and I have often noted that he seems wooden and uncomfortable (and I'm not the only one), but in this pice of comedic genius, he has really come into his own.
Schmidt and Jenko (Jonah Hill and Chaning Tatum) were polar opposites in high school, and yet they bond and become besties during their time in the police academy. After an unfortunate drug bust where they fail to read their perp the Miranda Rights, they are sent down to 21 Jump Street, an undercover project that is trying to infiltrate a high school drug ring and bust it.
21 JUMP STREET is unrealistic and ridiculous and that's why it's so much fun. You can tell that they all had fun making the film and that always transfers to the screen and makes it so much more enjoyable for the audience. Beware that this film got it's MA15+ rating for a reason, so don't let your kids run out and watch it without watching it first to see for yourself what's going on. Kids these days don't need any encouragement to party hard and take drugs!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this remake (and I use that term VERY loosely!), and so did the rest of the audience. It's definitely not a piece of cinema that will gain critical acclaim for any aspect, but it was light and funny and drew out some fantastic belly laughs from the gentleman sitting in front of me which was almost as entertaining as the film itself.
4 out of 5.
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