22 Jump Street

"Say something cool when you throw it!"
"One, two, three! [throws the grenade] Something cool!"

Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) are chasing a narcotics deal.  When they fail to catch the notorious Ghost (Stormare), they are once again assigned to Jump Street.  Captain Dickinson (Cube) sends them undercover as college students where they are supposed to find the supplier of new drug WHYPHY (Work Hard Yes Play Hard Yes) that killed a student.

On campus Jenkko connects with the football team.  He becomes fast friends with the quarterback, Zook (Russell), who invites him to join their fraternity.  Schmidt doesn't fit with the group and starts a relationship with art major Maya (Stevens), who has ties to the girl who died.  They are pulled in opposite directions and have different ideas about how to approach the case.  Can they find the supplier and keep their partnership in tact?


After the success of 21 Jump Street, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were approached about directing a sequel.  The film has a great time mocking sequels "Do the same thing as last time. Everyone's happy."  There are well-placed shots at sequels, while acknowledging that they were doing the exact same thing.  They further mock sequels during the end credits when they show ideas for future Jump Street Films, including "Traffic School", "Medical School," etc.

Once again they were able to get cast members from the original show to cameo in the film.  Richard Grieco returns as Booker during the fake sequels and in a deleted scene, and Dustin Nguyen (Harry Truman Ioki on the show) is Vietnamese Jesus in a deleted scene and his Jump Street character in the fake sequels.  Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill continue to work well together.  They dive into every situation with gusto, and even experience character growth.  Dave Franco and Rob Riggle, standouts from the previous film, come back for a scene.  Ice Cube gets to do more, and is funnier than before.  Jillian Bell has great delivery and kills it every time she takes shots at Hill's Schmidt.  The Lucas twins are hilarious as Keith & Kenny Yang.

An entertaining sequel, and apparently a third film (23 Jump Street) is in development.

22 Jump Street (2014) 112 minutes
Rating: R for language throughout, sexual content, drug material, brief nudity and some violence
Director: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Starring: Jonah Hill as Schmidt
Channing Tatum as Jenko
Peter Stormare as The Ghost
Wyatt Russell as Zook
Amber Stevens as Maya
Jillian Bell as Mercedes
Ice Cube as Captain Dickinson
Keith Lucas as Keith Yang
Kenny Lucas as Kenny Yang
Nick Offerman as Deputy Chief Hardy
Jimmy Tatro as Rooser