22 Jump street review

 This might be a short review and the one with the least amount of spoilers.


   I think Chris Miller and Phil Lord are climbing there way to my second favorite directors (Wes Anderson is still my man.) I loved the 21 Jump street reboot movie, Cloudy with a chance of meatballs, and the Lego movie. However what's keeping them from being my OFFICIAL second favorite directors is there sequels. While Cloudy with a chance of meatballs isn't bad, it's a very good film, these guys haven't made a bad film yet, but it is no where as good as the original. However 22 Jump street is weird because to me it's both just as good as the original but at the same time not as good as the sequel.


   What I love about Miller and Lord's movie is the self-awareness of their movies and the meta-humor of them. That is the best part about 22 jump street. At the beginning Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill's characters after being promoted to real police work mess up extremely badly. Head Ron Swanson cop tells them that instead of trying something new that they should go back to what made them great. That scene with Ron Swanson cop, Tatum and Hill talking about what they should do is one of the best parts of the movie as they point out the ridiculousness of sequels either doubling the budget and going with something bigger or do the same thing over and over again without spicing anything up. Miller and Lord acknowledge this even further with the best end credits sequence ever! This helps the film and makes me feel it's as good as the original.


    Tatum and Hill once again show off there amazing chemistry that is really the thrust of  movie. In the film Tatum feels restricted by Hill where as Hill feels he is losing his best friend. Both men put up a good performance, thankfully having each other to bounce off of. Ice Cube was my favorite part of the movie and had some of the funniest scenes in the movie, I won't spoil it so you will have something to look forward too. Dave Franco and Rob Riggle show up again for cameos which are really funny. There are also a pair of really funny twins in the movie as well who have a couple cute gags.


   Now what do I mean when I say it is not as good as the original when I just said it was just as good. Well while the meta humor and self-awareness was really good and better than the original the rest of the regular humor was just ok. Most people will have a laugh at first but forget about it quickly. Ice cube does have the funniest scenes but that is about 10% of the movie, the meta humor is about 25% of the movie while the other 65% of the humor while enjoyable is very forgettable when you get down into the nitty gritty.


I give this a 7.5/10- While still good every director has something they need to work on for Miller and Lord it's sequel's, they have gotten better but they still have some way to go. Still I will enjoy watching there practice one joke at a time.