Buddy Film Sequel Has Broad Laughs
Hollywood long ago recognized that there was gold to be mined from sequels to popular movies. In fact, many sequels have surpassed the originals in box office dollars. The difficulty with sequels has always been to give the viewer what he enjoyed in the first movie while skewing the story just enough to make it seem like something new rather than a rehash.<br /><br />In "22 Jump Street," directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller ("21 Jump Street," "The Lego Movie") play with that conundrum with lots of inside jokes and dialogue that work not only to establish and move the plot ahead but also to comment on the requisites of making a sequel.<br /><br />Cops Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are given a new assignment by Captain Dickson (Ice Cube): go undercover at a local college where a new designer drug has been making the rounds and is responsible for the death of a student. Their object: find the distributor and make an arrest. Sound familiar? It's essentially the same plot as "21 Jump Street" only set on a college campus instead of a high school. The twist is that their brotherly relationship is threatened when Jenko develops a man- crush on quarterback Zook (Wyatt Russell). When Jenko suggests that he and Schmidt go their separate ways in the investigation, Schmidt is hurt and a very funny break-up scene satirizes the typical boy-girl breakup so common in traditional romantic pictures.<br /><br />That is one of the cleverest bits in a script filled with goofiness, plays-on-words, improvisation, action sequences, and even a surreal dream sequence. The directors toy with gender relationships without sacrificing laughs. As we watch the relationship between Jenko and Zook develop, for example, we might just be watching the "meet cute" scene in a boy-girl flick. However, the movie never slips into anything other than a buddy-type relationship between Jenko and Zook. When an unpleasant epithet is used at one point to refer to gay men, Jenko shifts gears from dim-bulb goofball to rights activist as he gives a speech about the inappropriateness of such terms in the modern world. We laugh because it's so out of character for Jenko, but the message is genuinely felt.<br /><br />While Jenko is hanging out with Zook, Schmidt is cozying up to lovely Maya (Amber Stevens), an undergrad who knew the deceased student.<br /><br />Finding the drug dealer is secondary to the hijinks until the final third of the film, which is a highlight, as the actual drug dealer is revealed and lots of mayhem ensues.<br /><br />The team of Hill and Tatum is movie magic. They work together effortlessly and look as if they're having a grand old time. Hill is more into improvisation than Tatum, who knows to just go with the flow. His dumbfounded look is as much a comic trademark as Chaplin's derby and cane or John Wayne's Stetson. Hill manages to convey intelligence as well as deliver in the gag department, so you feel he just might be the right cop to ferret out a drug dealer, though his methods may not be by the book. The scenes in which Hill and Tatum are apart are the weakest. Together, they are a terrific comedy team.<br /><br />Rated R for strong language, "22 Jump Street" will elicit plenty of laughs, which might keep you from realizing you're watching pretty much the same movie as its predecessor.<br /><br />Bonus extras on the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack include five deleted and extended scenes, director and actor commentary, digital HD copy, and several behind-the-scenes featurettes, one of which addresses the art of improvisation on the set.
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