Best comedy of the year.

Rating: 8/10 (4 November 2014)

22 Jump Street is the latest summer comedy. It features Jonah Hill as Shmit and Channing Tatum as Jenko once again. But not everything is as it seems....no wait it is. 22 Jump Street has an identical plot to 21 Jump Street. Go undercover, find the dealer of a new drug, and take him or her down. Its usually very hard for a sequel to do any better then the original. But 22 Jump Street lives up to and in some ways passes 21 Jump street. Yes, the premise is the same. But it seems like this film had more energy pumped into it. I don't know if it was better acting, directing, or jokes but whatever it was it worked. The film moves along quickly with Jonah and Channing hoisting it up. With out their energetic honest performances this film very well could have flopped. Putting their soul into every joke and scene. It really made for good cinema. And once the film nears the end It gets even better. The jokes fly at 100 miles per hour. They never stop, even through the clunky bits. There are moments in the movie that are wasted or could've been done better. For example, The scenes when the leads get high unexpectedly. This also happens in the first film and its a riot. But here its only used to serve later in the movie. Which is good but it really didn't do anything and wasn't that funny. Its also surprisingly unpredictable. New clues popping up about the investigation left and right. Pointing to different people each time. It's fun to see each shred of evidence actually mean something. And once everything connects and you see the true drug dealer it catches you off guard. Once the this movie hits the credits it even gets better which is always a great thing. Showing fake parodies of future Jump Street movies. It was hilarious. All in all 22 Jump Street is a slight improvement on the first. Yet a lazily written plot holds this film back from greatness. The heart and soul that jonah and channing put in is well worth it on its own. This movie is hilarious and fast paced. Nearly, the perfect summer blockbuster.