Saturday, March 31, 2012

21 Jump Street


I’d never seen the old T.V. show featuring Johnny Depp, but that didn’t matter in this comedy shocker that Jack and I didn’t see coming.

Important note: This was a perfect movie for anyone willing to indulge their crass inner silly teenager. If you can imagine yourself howling with laughter at the sight of a YouTube clip of the five stages of a hot new drug ingested by a progressively manic high schooler, snap up a couple tickets and treat yourself.

A (slimmed-down!) Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum were high school failures who’ve just joined the police force… and pretty much fail at that too. Their last chance is to be re-assigned to an experimental unit of the force, working undercover to infiltrate and disrupt an emerging drug trade.

It’s a highly physical comedy masked as an action movie. Shootouts, car chases, bicycle chases, even a production of Peter Pan are on the short list. There’s even a guest star appearance at the end.


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