"Where do we report to? Down on Jump Street. 37 Jump Street... wait, that doesn't sound right."

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2012)

What is up with the directors of animated films directing live-action films? Not that I have something against it. Their films are even better than the works of live-action film directors, working for years in the business. Brad Bird showed us that the Mission Impossible hasn't lost its spark after the brilliant third installment and gave us one of the best films in the Mission Impossible franchise. Now the directors of an animated hit Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Phil Lord and Chris Miller made one the best comedies ever and surely the best comedy of 2012. I have never seen the original series this film is based on but that didn't stop me any less from fully appreciating this comedy.
The whole film stands on the genius script written by Michael Baccall (I'm sure that Jonah Hill did not just collaborate on the story that he worked on the script too) the co-writer of the marvelously amazing Scott Pilgrim vs The World. The film makes fun and pays tribute to all those clichés of buddy cop movies and a lot of action films. One of the funniest scenes making fun of action films is the wonderfully shot chase scene on the highway. The running gag with explosions is award worthy. The screenwriter really knows all the clichés and when to make fun of them or make a good use of them in the story.
Jonha Hill has grown into a wonderful comedian. He never was as funny as he is in this film. Chaning Tatum, whom I have only seen in G.I. Joe surprised me the most from all the actors. He is actually a great comedian. They both play such wonderful idiots. The chemistry between these two actors is so well translated to screen. It almost like from Lethal Weapon. Ice Cube as the police captain of the undercover division steals every scene he is in. He has some of the best lines in the film. Just wonderful.
In the end this is one of the best comedies of the past years and one of the best comedies of 2012.