The first jump.

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2015)

With Christmas coming up I decided to pick up a Comedy film that a friend could watch over X-Mas. Struggling to decide on what movie to go for,I suddenly spotted that Netflix UK had put 22 Jump Street up.With having read some praise for the films a while ago,I decided that it was time to jump into Jump Street.
The plot:
After not getting on in high school, Schmidt & Jenko run into each other at the police academy. Realizing that they each have skills which the other one lacks,they decide to put the past behind,and join up to pass the exams.Going on "the street" for the first time,Schmidt and Jenko spot a biker gang with drugs.
Grabbing one of the gang,Schmidt and Jenko start to celebrate their first arrest, until discovering that the biker had to be let freed,due to them failing to read his Miranda Rights.Angry over their mistakes,the police captain decides to transfer them to a project that is being revived from the '80s.Meeting Captain Dickson,Schmidt and Jenko are told that they have to find out who is selling a new drug at a high school,by pretending to be students.With not having gotten on the first time they were in high school,Schmidt and Jenko get ready to solve the case,and to relive their high school experience.
View on the film:
Stepping out of the animation world for the first time,directors Phil Lord & Christopher Miller jump into a dazzlingly stylised "animated" world.Closely working with cinematographer Barry Peterson,Lord and Miller open up the high school with lightning-fast whip-pans which give a frantic atmosphere to Schmidt and Jenko's attempts to fit in at the school whilst also trying to solve the case.
Featuring a number of delightfully sarcastic nods to the show,the screenplay by Michael Bacall & Jonah Hill brilliantly plays around with the jock and the geek format,as Jenko finds his dashing looks to be out of step with Schmidt's geeky interests now being seen as the "cool" thing,as Jenko and Schmidt jump onto the street for the first time.