Sequel that fixes all the flaws

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2014)

This movie summer is pretty much going to be nothing but sequels, prequels and reboots, but if they add as much to the original as this one does it won't be completely useless. "21 Jump Street" had its moments, but it also followed a boring, formulaic plot and featured extremely repetitive comedy. "22 Jump Street" mostly just ignores its plot (which is...better?) and mixes it up a little. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are also way better in this sequel. In the original there wasn't much chemistry and they didn't exactly play off each other well. Here they're clearly improvising more and they basically make the scenes go whichever way they please. Furthermore, Ice Cube showed up for more than one day this time around, and his stereotypical angry police chief role is just an instant classic. "22 Jump Street" has every telltale sign of a lackluster sequel, but against all odds it's completely worth seeing.