22 Jump Street (2014)

22 Jump Street is sequel to 21 Jump Street. After making their way through High School, Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) are sent back undercover, at a local college to stop another drug ring. However, when Jenko meets his kindred spirit on the football team and Schmidt becomes friends with an art major they begin to question both their partnership and the case.

Overall Review Score

3.5 out of 10

Review

22 Jump Street is the sequel to the 2012 film 21 Jump Street that sees Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum reprise their roles as the comedic, underachieving cops Morton Schmidt and Greg Jenko. However, that is where the similarities between the two films end. While 21 Jump Street was a refreshing action comedy that had a decent script and a bucket load of memorable moments, 22 Jump Street comes across as a sarcastic, cash-grabbing, knock-off of its predecessor. The actors deliver their lines in an overtly derisive manner that makes the comedy comes across as both insensitive and equally witless, while the script is an exact copy – minus a few character changes – of the first film. Very early on, the audience gets the impression that the cast and crew knew 22 Jump Street was going to be a slow, tiresome and painfully unenjoyable sequel but instead of abandoning the project decided to push on ahead hoping the on-screen chemistry between Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum would be enough to carry the film. However, the back and forth dialogue heavy, married couple routine just feels stale - so much so that the audience is left wondering if the films attempt to mock sequels as lame was actually a warning about how bad this film was going to be.. Overall, despite having the potential to be a good film, 22 Jump Street is a tedious sequel riddled with problems, namely a slow-paced rehashed script that feels stale, action scenes that feel both forced and incalculably stupid, wall-to-wall jokes that are not funny and will have the audience shaking their heads in despair and sub-par performances by the actors. It is such a bad film that, once you reached the credits after 112 minutes, you will be wishing you had just skipped it entirely.

Reviewer 1's score & comments:

Score: 2 out of 10

Comments:

The comedic duo are back and they are worse than ever. Instead of bringing a renewed fervour to their roles both Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, manage to lose the audience in stale jokes, bad dialogue and a equally pointless story that basically follows the first film's premise with some minor alterations. Ultimately 22 Jump Street is a very bad rehash of the original 21 Jump Street that adds nothing new to the mix, while most of the scenes were improvised this shows throughout the film and severely lets it down. If you liked 21 Jump Street, I would recommend you stay clear of this film.

Reviewer 2's score & comments:

Score: 5 out of 10

Comments:

22 Jump Street could easily have been as good as, if not better than, its predecessor. However, like many sequels that have come before, it fails to live up to its hype. Instead of being as funny or refreshing as the first instalment, it comes across as an over-the-top and excessive film. The actors, minus Ice Cube, put on sub-par performances while the decision to base the script around Morton Schmidt and Greg Jenko going college to find a drug dealer felt so much like the first film it might as well have been a remake. Away from this, 22 Jump Street features so little comedy that its trailer sums up the best bits. Overall, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the co-directors, need to go back to school and take remedial film making, taught by Korean Jesus, before trying for a third instalment.

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