Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill reunite onscreen as Jenko and Schimdt in the sequel to the hit comedy “22 Jump Street.”
Jenko and Schimdt have graduated from high school and are moving on to bigger drug rings as two undercover college students. Check out the official trailer and what reviewers had to say below. Let us know your thoughts on the film in the comments section below.
The Chicago Tribune rates the film 3 out of 4 stars:
“The best idea in the first movie was its simplest. Watching the insecure bully Jenko cope with the newly tolerant high school ecosystem of the present day meant the character had someplace to go. Schmidt, by contrast, the perpetual misfit, suddenly found himself in with the in-crowd of dorks and nerds and liberal arts misfits, newly ascendant in the social firmament.”
The Washington Post gives the sequel 3 out of 4 stars:
“Much of the humor in ‘22 Jump Street’ is in-jokey and broad, including a funny end-credits sequence suggesting the myriad ways the still-fresh franchise can cannibalize its own concept and destroy audience goodwill. But the most enjoyable pleasures of this paean to summer silliness are the small ones, like the little ‘ping’ that sounds when big, dim Jenko twigs to a crucial change in the relationship between Schmidt and irascible Captain Dickson (Ice Cube). Touches like that keep ‘22 Jump Street’ enjoyably light on its feet, even when it’s self-consciously treading old ground. With luck, things aren’t always worse the third time around.”
Rotten Tomatoes audience viewers certify the film fresh with a 91 percent rating:
“The ‘If it ain't broke, don't fix it’ formula doesn't usually work when it comes to comedy sequels, but once again Phil Lord and Chris Miller prove that there can be an exception to that theory with ‘22 Jump Street’, a comedy sequel that actually lives up to the standard of its predecessor with memorable jokes, a superb cast and well-directed action set-pieces.”
