Someone get the man some water. He's black, he's been through a lot!

Rating: 4/10 (1 July 2014)

The first film is this reboot of the 1980s television show 21 Jump Street was a downright awful film in my opinion. The jokes were completely over the top with male genital jokes. The end of 21 Jump Street made that film even worse. Now moving onto 22 Jump Street. I went into the film thinking it would be as bad as the first film, yet I was surprised that they dialed down the useless comedy, and thus made a better overall film. This is my review of 22 Jump Street.
The story for these films are fairly basic. Two friends and co-workers Schmidt(Johan Hill) and Jenko(Channing Tatum) have to infiltrate a high school, in this film a college, to find the suppliers of dangerous drugs. So in this sequel nothing really changes in that regard. The jokes are also turned down a notch in this film, which is a plus in my book because the previous film went overboard on male genital jokes. The jokes in this film are mostly generic and not funny, but I did find myself laughing at times, and much more compared to the first film. The film mostly moves by fairly quickly at that. With a run-time of one hour and forty five minutes(without credits) I never found myself looking down at my watch.
The directing of the film wasn't anything special. The bigger action scenes are clearly CG, and aren't very good CG at that. However I can't really blame them as this is a comedy, and comedies tend to spend less than your average action film. The directors bring in a good core of actors, and while Tatum and Hill are generic with their jokes, they work very well together, and it plays well on the screen. Since the script wasn't anything to write home about I can't really blame the directors that much, but overall the film was generic all over, but thankfully they did fix a lot of the problems from the first film.
Overall, this frankly is just not my cup of tea when it comes to comedies. The jokes are mainly stale, but a lot of the viewers in my age group love these films for some reason and flock to the theater to see it. If you are like that then this is an instant watch for you. If you agree with my opinions in this review, then this is a rental watch at best.