When they were in High School, Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill, also the co-writer) was the awkward nerd and Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) was the dumb jock. Years later, when they join the police force, they still are. Because of their youthful good looks and their amazing incompetence, the higher brass transfers them to the titular address.
Their mission, that they quickly accept, is to go back to their old High School and locate the source of a new super drug. They have to stay out of trouble and resist the urge to go too undercover for it to work. But eventually, their polar opposite personalities are gonna give them much trouble.
It's a quite family unfriendly film from the directing duo (Phil Lord and Chris Miller) of the family friendly Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. It takes the absurdities of its source material, and the culture from which it emerged, and runs with them like mad. From a Peter Pan performance that goes awry, to a non-explosive running gag and the surprise reveal of a long advertised cameo, it's consistently amusing even when it gets crude and violent.
As the main mismatched duo, Hill and Tatum are amusing and appealing both together and apart. It's their chemistry together that helps make the silliness work so well. Amongst their co-stars, Ice Cube also stands out as their captain on Jump Street.
Overall, this big screen rehash is good that it's worth any number of viewings. You won't be disappointed, unless you're already not into this sort of thing.
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