The flat, profane and largely unfunny “21 Jump Street” tries to be something new, updating the popular Johnny Depp 1980s drama series of the same name in comedic form. The plot concerns two immature, unskilled new policeman (Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill), who are assigned as uncover high school students to uncover a drug ring. They’re assigned due to their young looks but quickly realize they stick out like a sore thumb. Thin, rambling and badly edited, “21 Jump Street” has a handful of decent comedic moments strung together by some outdated, profane jokes that weren’t funny years ago (how many puberty jokes are there?); it starts out promising then goes downhill quickly. Hill and Tatum don’t have much chemistry (and aren’t that amusing) together, which is surprising given Hill comedic background. Written, co-produced and co-starring Hill, the film is a bit pointless and the characters are unfunny stereotypes, particularly Ice Cube as the Captain who literally (and annoyingly) screams all of his lines. Comedian Rob Riggle comes across best as a befuddled teacher; watch for cameos from original starts Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLouise and now superstar Depp himself. Mildly entertaining, “21 Jump Street” isn’t worth going down again.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
21 Jump Street - C
Rated R, 109 minutes
The flat, profane and largely unfunny “21 Jump Street” tries to be something new, updating the popular Johnny Depp 1980s drama series of the same name in comedic form. The plot concerns two immature, unskilled new policeman (Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill), who are assigned as uncover high school students to uncover a drug ring. They’re assigned due to their young looks but quickly realize they stick out like a sore thumb. Thin, rambling and badly edited, “21 Jump Street” has a handful of decent comedic moments strung together by some outdated, profane jokes that weren’t funny years ago (how many puberty jokes are there?); it starts out promising then goes downhill quickly. Hill and Tatum don’t have much chemistry (and aren’t that amusing) together, which is surprising given Hill comedic background. Written, co-produced and co-starring Hill, the film is a bit pointless and the characters are unfunny stereotypes, particularly Ice Cube as the Captain who literally (and annoyingly) screams all of his lines. Comedian Rob Riggle comes across best as a befuddled teacher; watch for cameos from original starts Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLouise and now superstar Depp himself. Mildly entertaining, “21 Jump Street” isn’t worth going down again.
The flat, profane and largely unfunny “21 Jump Street” tries to be something new, updating the popular Johnny Depp 1980s drama series of the same name in comedic form. The plot concerns two immature, unskilled new policeman (Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill), who are assigned as uncover high school students to uncover a drug ring. They’re assigned due to their young looks but quickly realize they stick out like a sore thumb. Thin, rambling and badly edited, “21 Jump Street” has a handful of decent comedic moments strung together by some outdated, profane jokes that weren’t funny years ago (how many puberty jokes are there?); it starts out promising then goes downhill quickly. Hill and Tatum don’t have much chemistry (and aren’t that amusing) together, which is surprising given Hill comedic background. Written, co-produced and co-starring Hill, the film is a bit pointless and the characters are unfunny stereotypes, particularly Ice Cube as the Captain who literally (and annoyingly) screams all of his lines. Comedian Rob Riggle comes across best as a befuddled teacher; watch for cameos from original starts Holly Robinson Peete, Peter DeLouise and now superstar Depp himself. Mildly entertaining, “21 Jump Street” isn’t worth going down again.
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