Review: 21 Jump Street

A remake in loosest possible sense, 21 Jump Street might carry the name of the 80s undercover police show, but the film is closer to Superbad than the TV series.

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum play the lead roles who find themselves out of their depth time after time in every scenario, but by being constantly funny the film manages to avoid seeming repetitive. Hill might be the one from the comedic background but Channing Tatum is the star of the show, stealing all the the scenes he's in thanks to the best performance of a himbo since Brad Pitt's turn in Burn After Reading.

I'd be tempted to say the film could do without the last 20 minutes as like most modern comedies it does suffer from being just a bit too long, but in featuring one of the best cameos of recent times you can see why they chose to keep all of it in.