Forgive the awful title of this review but I am feeling somewhat disenfranchised.
If you read my last review on the Age of Ultron you’ll know that I am quite critical of trailers… Now.
I Should have been critical of the trailer for this film, seeing Channing Tatum do his very finest Borat impression whilst standing next to Jonah Chavez didn’t really impress me much at the time, so why didn’t I tell myself “Don’t bother, it’s a sequel it’ll be shit.”
So your first film was good, but have you still got the touch?
The answer sadly is no.
The film has sadly become a parody of itself and no amount of jokes (lots) that even recognise this fact can make recompense.
21 jump street left some very large shoes to fill and this film needs about 6 sets of insoles.
The formula is exactly the same, except this time the boys have been sent to college, obviously.
I feel I could end here quite happily.
“infiltrate the dealer, find the supplier” Says Ice Cube, whose office, according to channing Tatum is actually a cube of ice. That, admittedly was funny, and don’t get me wrong there are funny bits throughout. The montage where they first enter their new collegiate realm and reveal to us all the things that will proove to their new peers that they are true to life fake college adults was pretty swell indeed.
Throughout the film however, they are constantly being berated for their aged visages, but I don’t find that running gag all that funny as to be honest they both look like kids still, perhaps if Mel Gibson and Danny Glover we’re playing the roles instead this would make sense.
The plot as I said before is essentially the same, the love interest of Jonah hill this time feels a little more thought out and well developed and does lead to a surprising climax in which Channing Tatum takes Great pleasure of ripping Jonah Hill to absolute pieces,
As you will have seen in the Trailer the Dave Franko and Ron Riggle reprise their roles… In jail. Many jokes about Mr Walters being Eric’s Bitch.
None of which are funny.
Even the scene where Schmidt gets face hugged by an octopus left me feeling very little, and that’s saying something considering that is literally my greatest fear.
At the end of the film the trailers role with movie posters highlighting the future plots of 56 jump Street and so on.
It goes on for a for a long time, I hope to god this franchise doesn’t. Overall the return of Schmidt and Jenko was an extremely average effort. The first film was triumph, something fresh in a sea of couples comedies. This was stale. Watch the first one again, save yourself the disappointment. You have been warned.
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