Dir: Phil Lord & Chris Miller | Scr: Michael Bacall | Story: Michael Bacall & Jonah Hill | TV Series: Patrick Hasburgh & Stephen J. Cannell | Ph: Barry Peterson | Prod: Stephen J. Cannell & Neal H. Moritz | Mus: Mark Mothersbaugh | Ed: Joel Negron | PD: Peter Wenham | AD: Thomas Valentine | Snd: Geoffrey G. Rubay | Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, DeRay Davis, Ice Cube, Dax Flame, Chris Parnell, Ellie Kemper
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After botching their first arrest, two rookie cops find themselves transferred to 21 Jump Street – a precinct specialising in undercover youth work. Their first assignment is to infiltrate a teenaged drug-dealing gang at a local high school. However, much has changed in the seven years since they graduated, not the least of which being the constituents of cool, making their task a great deal harder than they had envisioned. For the most part, this reboot of the 1980s television series proves an amiable, self-deprecating romp, filled with charismatic performances and good gags. However, the violence that closes the film out, which arrives without any real notice, leaves something of a bad taste. Had there been some sort of forewarning earlier in the film, or a more consistently blackly comic tone, the result might have been somewhat different. Generally very entertaining, though.
