You can only do so much with the undercover genre without remaking the same film over and over again. Well, except for the transphobia and homophobia in the sequel because that kind of humor just is not funny. A film where, much like this one, is more of the same. They eventually make up with each other just before prom.īy the end of the film, the door is open to a sequel set in college. Not unlike romantic comedies, both Schmidt and Jenko have a falling out. Unfortunately, they find themselves without a job after disrupting the play. They eventually learn who is behind HFS and why. Meanwhile, Jenko finds himself as the sexual interest of science teacher Ms. Schmidt develops an interest in one of the students, Molly (Brie Larson). They might have a fresh start to experiencing high school all over again but they have to be careful not to blow their cover. It’s soon thereafter that they meet with Deputy Chief Hardy and get resigned to 21 Jump Street.Ĭaptain Dickson (Ice Cube) assigns them to Sagan High School in order to stop HFS from spreading. When they finally catch one of the one percenters, Jenko doesn’t read him the Miranda rights and so all the charges got dropped. Movies just aren’t realistic because they historically show rookie cops out in the field and running from explosions and such. I love how they joke about ending up on bike patrol. They weren’t friends in school but they become friends during the academy and on bike patrol. Cut to seven years later and they’re both students at the Metropolitan City Police Academy. We first meet Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they’re in high school. Personally, I prefer the jaw-dropping shock than know spoilers in advance. Once you know that the originals are in it, it takes away from the experience. Thankfully, the studio did not not market the cameos. Naturally, both Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise make cameo appearances.
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The comedy movie is set within the same universe as the dramatic TV series. I’ve yet to reach out to Phil Lord and Chris Miller about this but I’d like to think that they’d do things differently. The sequel features an indefensible transphobic scene. The release of 21 Jump Street was followed by a sequel, 22 Jump Street.
It’s been ten years and nothing has changed. The end result is more of the same and they just recycle the same old shit and expect us not to notice. No matter how much we collectively complain about this, our wallets are what do the talking and we keep rewarding Hollywood for this behavior. While some original films make it through the cracks, almost everything these days is a sequel, reboot, or remake. I keep coming back to this quote over the years because it’s so true. You see the guys in charge of this stuff lack creativity and are completely out of ideas, so all they do now is recycle shit from the past and expect us all not to notice.” – Deputy Chief Hardy (Nick Offerman) “We’re reviving a canceled undercover police program from the ’80s and revamping it for modern times. I’m only sorry that I cannot attend this year because transgender rights are under attack. SXSW is my favorite film festival because of the experience. Austin offers one of the best experiences by far. If you want to launch a comedy in the spring, you must premiere at SXSW.
The film premiered ten years ago at SXSW. 21 Jump Street, the live-action directorial debut of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, marks ten years since its 2012 theatrical release.