A true killer...

Rating: 9/10 (11 August 2012)

Before I recommend this to everyone, forget about the fact that yes, it's a rehash, and yes, The Sitter was lackluster. Moving on, 21 Jump Street is, without a doubt, the funniest movie I have seen and you will have seen in a long time. To list all the strengths of the film take up a lot of time. So I shall start from the start. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum (who has finally found his calling) are both dead serious and painfully hilarious at the same time as high-school foes turned cop buddies. Both have their share of sharp one-liners and outrageous antics. But their characters seem to help each other out with Schmidt (Hill) as the highly intelligent but painfully nerdy geek and Jenko (Tatum) as the strong and handsome but somewhat dim-witted jock. Both join the police force and quickly become friends by using their strengths to overcome the other's weaknesses.
After failing to arrest a gang leader, the two are sent to the undercover unit known as "21 Jump Street" which utilizes youthful officers to be sent back to high school. After accepting their first assignment given to them by their hard-ass, overly-clichéd boss,(Ice Cube), they head to the local high school with the job of infiltrating and bringing down a new drug ring. The drug is known only as H.F.S (what do you think that stands for...) and possesses some very weird and very funny side-effects.
What happens next is not just a gigantic laugh-fest, but also a satisfyingly entertaining roller-coaster ride which includes but is not limited to: A car chase that breaks all the rules in the handbook, a nightmare party that not even Project X could match, a cameo and the shocking identity of the supplier.
The first-class humor is a combination of wittiness, gaggery, foul language and grossly sexual humor as well as a ton of insults that no show is safe from.
If you just forget the fact it's a rehash and brace yourself for the unpredictable and brilliant humor that will follow, you WILL be rushing to the doctors, screaming for pain-relief and depressants, all the while laughing uncontrollably.
An easy 9/10. Minus a 1 for the poor choice of music at the party.