21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street is the modern day feature-length revival of the 1980’s TV cop show starring Johnny Depp in the role that put him on the map. The movie is about two undercover agents that were enemies at school but to get through their training they needed each other and their friendship grew from then on.

Starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as Jenko and Schmidt, two of the worst police officers to wear the badge, which must now go undercover as school kids to try and bust a drug ring that originates at the school.

The movie had an odd twist to it by changing the usual American High School Stereotype of the cool kids being the sportsmen and the nerds being the artists and academics, they added a modern touch to it and it created a much better story line and made it more believable.

Throughout the film you see the ongoing battle between Tatum and Hill to see whom the cool kid is now compared to when they were at school. And it seems this time that the table’s have turned and Tatum has to fight to be popular in school and all Hill has to do is be himself and he is the popular kid. The film has some real laughs in it and they come when you least expect it. The adventure that the directors (Chris Miller, Phil Lord) take you on with their arrests and when they take the drug HFS for the first time were some of the most humorous scenes from a film that I have seen in months.

The cast was perfect and you can see while watching the film that everyone had a good time during the film and that helps with the final result. The comedic duo of Tatum and Hill was an excellent choice for casting and they brought the movie to life with their overconfidence and humorous anecdotes.

I enjoyed this movie from beginning to end, it was not what I was expecting before I watched the film and I am glad for that.