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Rating: 4/10 (28 June 2017)

"22 Jump Street" is an American 110-minute movie from 2014, so two more years only and this one has its 5th anniversary already. It is of course the sequel to 21 Jump Street and Jonah Hill as well as Channing Tatum reprise their roles here. The number of writers and directors who worked on this one here, but eventually we have a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. I liked the first film more than this one here. This may also have to do with my general dislike for 2-time Oscar nominee (still hurts to say that) Jonah Hill, who is an incredibly untalented actor in my opinion. I like Channing Tatum more, but not to a level where I would say he is one of my favorites. Other than these, i was familiar with Offerman, Stormare and Ice Cube I believe. But they did not really have that much to work with anyway. Eventually, it is all about Hill (and Tatum). The plot occasionally reminded me of the first film when it is about the struggles in their friendship. But of course there were also major differences, for example in whom to consider the main antagonists. Unfortunately, I must admit that the "villains" if you may want to call them like that were not really that impressive or memorable in my opinion. And also there was not one performance at all where I would say this one really stood out. i am a bit baffled to see that most people really liked this sequel and enjoyed it as much as (or almost as much as) the first film. I mean the first film with Jonah hill of course. The Johnny Depp approach is once again something entirely different. Anyway, as a whole I would recommend this work really only to those who adore either of the two lead actors (and probably did not see Hill's acting here as really cringeworthy at times) or really really loved the first film (more than me who "only" liked it. I think there were too many lengths in here for me to recommend it and it may have been better at 90 minutes runtime with better focus. Watch something else instead.