On par(if not better) than the original; Would Recommend

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2017)

Directed by Phil Lord and Chril Miller
Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube
​ Plot Overview: Soon after they stopped the craze of HFS, Schmidt(Jonah Hill) and Jenko(Channing Tatum) go back under cover in College to stop a new drug from killing people.
General:
Overall: This movie is, first and foremost, hilarious. My main flaw with its predecessor is that the comedy got stale after multiple watches. That is different here. I've watched this movie more than '21 Jump Street' and still laugh continuously throughout. The chemistry between Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum is great, even if it follows a similar plot thread to the original. The story is, yet again, very similar to the original but the movie embraces that and uses the fact its a sequel as a gag. I appreciate that but it doesn't excuse the fact its still a copy and paste with some uses of 'Find and Replace' for certain characters. Despite this, it's still just as enjoyable(I personally think more) as '21 Jump Street' and fans will most likely still enjoy it.
The type of people who will like it will be fans of the more aware comedy and definitely fans of '21 Jump Street'.
Would Recommend.
Detailed:
Both Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum were good as Schmitd and Jenko respectively and the chemistry they shared didn't feel forced and felt natural. Ice Cube was great as Captain Dickson and gave on of the funniest scenes in the entire film. Peter Stromrae was fine as The Ghost but he was still just a typical mob boss and didn't impress me much. Both Amber Stevens and Jilian Bell were great as Maya and Mercedes respectively, with Mercedes being one of the funnier characters in the film. Wyatt Russel was pretty weak as Zook and, along with Maya, was not a very compelling nor even that humorous character.
I adore the entire premise of these movies but I do admit they've exhausted all possible ideas and to continue this franchise but be insulting the previous two films. Again, it was a full rehash of the original which was annoying but it still hits similar notes and retains the charm the original had on its initial watch but continues this throughout.
The cinematography was decent for the most part but the editing could be quite choppy at point and it feels like some entire portions of scenes were just cut out.
The effects were awful and the green screen was terrible. The actual costume and set design was actually pretty good and distinguished itself from the original.
This movie is first and foremost a comedy and in that respect it succeeds. There is also some interesting action, even if it comes of as cheesy and can be a little stupid.
The end credits are brilliant and the satire provided with them is absolutely genius and hilarious. The music was fine.
Personally, I really enjoy this movie and feel like its more enjoyable than the original.
8/10
Would Recommend.