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Title: 21 Jump Street (2012)
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| 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 | |
In 2005, Schmidt and Jenko are high school students, one an honor roll geek, the other a cool, athletic underachiever. By 2012, they are rookie cops, paired together, on bike patrol yearning to make arrests. After a screw up, they're sent undercover back to high school to find the source of a dangerous synthetic drug. They mix up their names, and Schmidt gets the no-brainer classes where he auditions for Peter Pan and falls in love with Wendy; Jenko gets AP classes where he falls in with high-achieving dweebs. This second chance at high school gives Schmidt delusions of grandeur, which threaten the operation. Can they sort out their relationship as they stumble onto the bad guys? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
So if you like Jonah Hill and comedies with really great cameo appearances, I think you would definitely like this film.
I must admit I expected this to be at the same standard as maybe The Change-Up or The Hangover Part II which weren't terrible movies, but they weren't the funniest movies I have seen either. This movie is more on par with The Hangover (the first installment), Superbad and Anchorman.
The chemistry between Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum is brilliant, and it's nice to see Tatum in something other than his standard rom-com or "rom" setting. I was already laughing from the first scene, which is generally hard to do and the humour was the correct balance of wit and slapstick. There were actually a lot more clever jokes than I expected and there were some scenes were I couldn't even control my laughter in a full cinema.
All in all, I'm not saying this movie is for everyone but the way I would tell you to see it is if you like Jonah Hill's ridiculous dialogue with sometimes unnecessary swears and you have no expectations of it being anything like the original TV show, I would definitely recommend this one! Best comedy film I've seen at the cinema in 2012.