21 Jump Street (2012)

A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

Directors:

Phil Lord, Chris Miller

Writers:

Michael Bacall (screenplay), Michael Bacall (story),

Stars:

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson

6 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonah Hill	...	Schmidt
Channing Tatum	...	Jenko
Brie Larson	...	Molly Tracey
Dave Franco	...	Eric Molson
Rob Riggle	...	Mr. Walters
DeRay Davis	...	Domingo
Ice Cube	...	Captain Dickson
Dax Flame	...	Zack
Chris Parnell	...	Mr. Gordon
Ellie Kemper	...	Ms. Griggs
Jake Johnson	...	Principal Dadier
Nick Offerman	...	Deputy Chief Hardy
Holly Robinson Peete	...	Officer Judy Hoffs
Johnny Pemberton	...	Delroy
Stanley Wong	...	Roman

Storyline

In high school, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) was a dork and Jenko (Channing Tatum) was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | drug | arrest | police | underachiever | 

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Taglines:

They thought the streets were mean. Then they went back to high school.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug material, teen drinking and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [hr]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 March 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Comando especial

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$42,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$36,302,612 (USA) (16 March 2012)

Gross:

$138,447,667 (USA) (29 June 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Relativity Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Wilhelm Scream: Just before the One Percenter leader crashes his motorcycle into the chicken truck during the car chase.

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Goofs

Much of the Korean writing seen in the church is grammatically incorrect (and the same Korean translation found on online translators). For instance, the Korean version of "Aroma of Christ Church" is written in a manner where Christ Church is possessive of the word aroma, e.g., "Christ Church's Aroma" or "The Aroma that Belongs to Christ Church").

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Quotes

[first lines]
Schmidt: Hey, Melodie.

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Connections

References Rain Man (1988)

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Soundtracks

"Straight Outta Compton"
Written by Ice Cube (as O'Shea Jackson), M.C. Ren (as Lorenzo Patterson), Eazy-E (as Eric Wright) and Dr. Dre (as Andre Young)
Performed by N.W.A
Courtesy of Priority Records, LLC
Under license from EMJ Film and Television Music

User Reviews

Touche...

Precursor: I just moved back into town two days ago and had made plans to see one of my old friends tonight. I did not want to see this movie, and wouldn't have under any other circumstances but my friend really wanted to and the tickets were free so I went.

Review itself: This is of no disrespect to Jonah Hill, his fashion of humor or his fans at all, but I, personally have grown tired of what seems to now be a plethora of wanna be Hangover and Superbad's. (The success of Project X seriously worries me...). Anyways, having that mind set approaching tonight and considering the fact I didn't laugh once during the 21 JS trailer, green or red band... I really wasn't expecting all that much out of the experience aside from leaving the house and catching up with a buddy.

But damn.

I honestly thought this movie was great. Yes, there were parts I wasn't fond of... a bit of the dialogue seemed to me to be vulgar strictly for the sake of being vulgar... there was the usual expected Jonah Hill trademarked myriad of penis jokes and one extremely unnecessary shock gag but the majority of the movie was, to me, surprisingly satirical/smart/relevant in today's society, self-aware, and situationally hilarious. Even the dumbest and most profane of this movie's jokes and clichés seemed to know that they were such and were given the proper comedic build up/context to at least warrant a chuckle. This movie had some surprisingly clever dialogue throughout and some of the best supporting characters I've seen in recent comedies (Ice Cube, The Principal, etc..) What really stood out to me though was the editing. 21 Jump Street features some of the most awkwardly humorous camera shot transitions, scene changes and music integration. Despite it's faults, I found this to be a damn hard movie to hate, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a fun weekend movie.

All in all... genuine, clever, vulgar yet respectable comedy with some heart.

IMO a very good career move for both Hill and Tatum.

Stoked for the sequel.