Official Australian release date: 19/6/14. Viewed: 10/7/14.
Directors: Phil Lord & Chris Miller
Actors: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Amber Stevens
Genre: Comedy / Action
Rating: MA
Is ‘22 Jump Street’ as good as ‘21 Jump
Street’? Quite possibly, which is a big achievement, seeing as the original was
one of the better comedies of the last 10 years! This film has just as many laughs
– if not more – and does a great job of poking fun at itself and the ludicrousness
of most Hollywood sequels.
There’s a few more car chases, but
they’re unconventional and quite amusing with the commentary the two leads
provide. A fair bit of the humour comes
from the fact that their undercover disguise as college-age students (i.e. they
should be 18-21), which is totally unbelievable, seeing as Hill is 30 &
Tatum is 34. Plenty of referencing the first film and stupidity of repetition
in sequels (mostly by Offerman’s Chief of Police – “EVERYTHING is EXACTLY the
SAME”!) and even casting the bad guy from ‘Bad Boys II’ – Peter Stormare – as the
villain in this!
Pretty good support cast - the Yang Twins are great as
the across-the-hall stoners, Stevens is good as the love interest and Ice Cube
has more to do in this film, which is a good thing and leads to a few hilarious
scenes.
Best bit of the film? Probably the
many joke sequel posters/trailers they show! Highly entertaining and just plain
funny to see how far they can stretch a premise. Quite reminiscent of ‘Tropic
Thunder’, but definitely had the crowd in stitches! I do hope they make a third
film, but if not, both 21 & 22 Jump Street will stand as some of the best
action/police comedies ever made.
Overall: Great sequel with plenty of
laugh-out-loud moments and plenty of charisma to boot.
Gav's Rating: 4 stars.
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