21 Jump Street (2012) - How Many TV Shows are Being Brought to Film?

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2012)

Throughout the years, Hollywood has always adapted classic television shows from the 80s, and landed them on film. Now, someone has decided to adapt Johnny Depp's television crime drama "21 Jump Street", and turn it into a hilarious comedy. That's not a good decision, but for some reason, it actually worked. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum both deliver a hilarious "bro-mance" chemistry as two former high school enemies, who become friends after being reunited at a police academy. After not remembering the Miranda rights, when trying to arrest their first criminal, they are transferred to a revised police program from the 80s on 21 Jump Street, where their mission is to go undercover as high school students, to take down a drug ring happening at the exact same school that these two guys used to go to, and now all hell breaks loose. Someone must need to hunt this movie down because "21 Jump Street" is the funniest movie of the year so far. A well-written script, a hilarious cast, and a fresh storyline can help make a perfect comedy. This is a crisp, original, and hilarious "fun ride" of a movie! Jonah Hill proves that he is a fresh comedian, and it will help him lead into more funnier projects soon. Channing Tatum may not be a good actor in a action or drama flicks, but he is better as a focused and funny comedian. Watching these two guys as buddies is quite perfect, and everyone immediately buys the fact that they become friends. We also get some hilarious performances from Rob Riggle as a creepy high school coach, Ellie Kemper as a chemistry teacher whose sexually attracted to Channing Tatum, and Ice Cube in a hilarious performance as the boss of 21 Jump Street. Brie Larson plays a teen school girl that Jonah Hill suddenly falls in love with. Even though it sounds a little wrong, the audience immediately buys their chemistry, and you want them to be together. The only disappointing character came from James Franco's brother, Dave Franco, who delivers a weak villain, and he was sort of miscast. Not to mention that this guy is also ridiculously annoying. The rest of "21 Jump Street" is downright perfect in every sense possible. Throughout the entire movie, I laughed my ass off, like I've never laughed before. This movie kept going and going with great jokes, and it's still hilarious. They make you want to jump in your seat, and they make you leave the theater pumped up with so much energy. Also, Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise, the stars of the original television show, make a cameo appearance, and it's just plain funny. Why wouldn't that be funny? Also, I also liked the heart of this movie, and how it affects you in some way. When you mix together comedy, action, and a good heart, there's your comedy! But what really impressed me the most is that this film makes fun of the usual "cop movie" clichés, flips them around, and brings something new out of them. It is completely self-aware of itself, which makes the comedy aspect so much better. So, I enjoyed the hell out of this movie, and I would buy this movie on DVD or Blu-Ray. Trust me, this movie is totally worth your money! "21 Jump Street", in my review, "laugh-out-loud hilarious, a blast-out party".