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Movie review: 22 Jump Street (R13)

By Craig Nicholson
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21 Jun, 2014 06:00 PM2 mins to read

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Jonah Hill (left) and Channing Tatum (right) are joined by Ice Cube in 22 Jump Street.

Jonah Hill (left) and Channing Tatum (right) are joined by Ice Cube in 22 Jump Street.

Why change a winning formula?

That's clearly the approach in the sequel to 21 Jump Street which had undercover cops Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) go into a high school to crack a drug ring.

Much too old for high school now, in 22 Jump Street the boys are sent to the local university to find out who is behind a dangerous new drug called Whyfi .

It seems our dynamic duo aren't too good out on the beat. Undercover operations seem to suit their peculiar range of skills.

University proves to be quite eye-opening for the pair.

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Jenko find himself a new home with the football-playing frat boys.

He is living the dream he's never had the chance to live before.

He is a star on the field and a bigger star off it.

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Schmidt struggles to fit into this scene and finds himself getting cosy with the arts crowd.

The Jenko-Schmidt partnership threatens to split wide apart as they follow their own courses.

What is suffering is the drug investigation, which is going nowhere.

But just when you think 22 Jump Street is heading into a lull, the pace of the plot quickens again and the hunt for the drug dealer fires up.

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The boys put all their presumptions aside and start afresh with stunning results.

It is very refreshing the manner in which 22 Jump Street takes the mickey out of itself.

It is a sequel with a similar storyline to the original and it acknowledges that and has a laugh at it as well.

Jenko and Schmidt don't miss any opportunities to ridicule who they are and what they do.

This is definitely a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously.

And we are the winners as a result, with lots of fun and gags to be had.

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