Morton becomes a popular member of the student body thanks to his brains and sensitivity while lumbering hunk Greg is viewed as an idiot by everyone except his teacher Ms Griggs (Ellie Kemper), who would love to give him some one-on-one tuition. So you should fit right in!" barks the Captain. So they are sent in disgrace to Captain Dickson (Ice Cube), who orders the pair to pose as sibling students at the local school where drugs are rife.Īny concerns about the cops' obvious physical maturity are quickly dispelled. Life as cops turns out to be quite dull - "I really thought this job would have more car chases and explosions," rues Morton - and their first bust ends in embarrassment. Seven years later, they both enrol at police academy and work together to ensure they complete the physical and academic elements of the final exam. The film opens in 2005 with high school student Morton Schmidt (Hill) dressed like Slim Shady, clashing in the hallway with sniggering doofus Greg Jenko (Tatum). Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum gleefully poke fun at their screen personas of the overweight nerd and dumb hunk, bumbling through a potentially perilous mission with gusto.
Logic has no place in Michael Bacall's irreverent script, which treats the initial set-up with the disdain it deserves then trades heavily on the comic timing of its intentionally mismatched leads.
TWO BUNGLING cops are sent deep undercover to expose a high school drugs ring in Phil Lord and Chris Miller's deliciously foul-mouthed buddy movie that rides roughshod over political correctness.īased on the popular 1980s TV crime series, which transformed Johnny Depp into a teen idol before he made his mark on the big screen in Edward Scissorhands, 21 Jump Street is a testosteronefuelled hoot.
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