No respect for the original, but funny all the same....

Rating: 7/10 (18 March 2012)

Attended a screening of 21 Jump Street last night, wasn't blown away but it was still just as fun and enjoyable as you'd expect something starring Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill as undercover police officers. Firstly, if you can, AVOID ANY AND ALL trailers for this film.... basically every comedic moment from act 1 was covered in these 30 seconds trailers; causing me to already know the jokes and plot points that were upcoming in the next 20-30 minutes. During the set up for act 2, i found it a little hard to get into the story because i felt like id kinda been left out of the loop for that first act. Once you're in though, well you're absolutely in for a fun ride. If you're familiar with Jonah Hill's previous works (previous to Moneyball) you'll understand exactly what you're in for. Channing Tatum was the BIG surprise for me during this film. Not only did he show the audience a completely different (vulnerable,flawwed) spectrum of his acting range, but he was actually funny as hell too, the back and forth banter between Hill & Tatum MADE the movie and is ever so believable. Obviously filmed with an R18+ rating in mind, its a little disappointing as an Australian audience that we were given a watered down MA15+ version of the American cut,although the R18+ version gives me something to look forward to watching when released internationally on DVD and Blu-ray. Watch out for the Johnny Depp cameo in Act 3 too; a nice nod to the original 21 Jump Street TV series that ever so quickly lets the audience know that THAT series is well and truly finished, and that Jonah and Channing "got this". No "Superbad" or "Easy A" but definitely on the same path. Looking forward to the sequel immensely; although what would they call it? 21 Jump Street 2? 22 Jump Street? I guess we'll find out in 2014.