“How convenient,” they all exclaim, before repeating the same mantra of “infiltrate the dealer, find the supplier”. The old drug is superseded by a new one (“Wi-Fi”) and the abandoned church is taken back by the Koreans and replaced with another – which now comes with a shark tank, because the budget is bigger. Like the worst sequels, every step is an echo of the previous outing, but writers Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman copy themselves with an absurdly knowing wit. Namely, to do exactly the same thing as 21 Jump Street, because that’s what worked last time. It wastes no time in making its intentions clear: we begin with Nick Offerman’s Deputy Chief explaining the basic premise of the sequel. The rest of the movie is equally inspired. Hypothetical titles give way to contract disputes, which give way to different actors… and then things get even sillier. Soon, the whole film is sending itself up. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, both reprising their roles as men-children Schmidt (the dorky one) and Jenko (the athletic one), revel in the nonsense of it all – but it’s not just two actors sending themselves up and saying stupid puns. Culinary school! (“Let’s stew this.”) Vet school! (“Farmed and dangerous.”) It’s a joke that the writers could seemingly carry on ad infinitum, with an endless string of sell-out sequels set in learning institutions suitable for our buddies. And then 24 Jump Street (Foreign Exchange Students). Jumping straight off from the ending of the first – “You guys are going to college!” – 22 Jump Street ends with the promise of 23 Jump Street (“You’re going to Medical School!”). It might be unusual to review the final titles of a film, but in the case of this undercover cop sequel, it’s more than justified: they’re the best part of the whole movie.
Warning: This contains spoilers for the end credits of 22 Jump Street.Ģ2 Jump Street has some of the greatest end credits you’ll ever see (if you haven’t seen them already on YouTube).
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