21 Jump Street
On the third weekend in March 2012, both in Germany with "Turkish for Beginners" and in the USA with "21 Jump Street", a comedy based on a TV series topped the cinema charts with surprisingly high attendance figures. But both cases are very different. While "Turkish for Beginners" had hardly any viewers on television, but thanks to many awards it earned a reputation as one of the best German TV series, "21 Jump Street" was a hit with audiences in the eighties, but is now just famous, and rightly so, because superstar Johnny Depp made his breakthrough. In terms of content, however, the crime series is pretty poor. But the two adaptations of the series do have something in common: The makers don't care much about the history and tell the story in a completely new way, but they don't take themselves too seriously and convince with quality. The animation filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller ("Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs") succeeded in making a strong real film debut with the action comedy "21 Jump Street", which only had to suffer from shorter lengths and a bad villain that was too weak.
In high school, Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) were far from friends. While Jenko enjoyed being swarmed by the girls, the nerd and wannabe Eminem Schmidt was just the mockery of his classmates. Seven years later, the two of them meet again at the police school, where they make friends and help each other through training. After graduation, they go on bicycle patrol together. After a failed arrest, because of their youthful appearance, they are transferred to a new special unit that fights undercover crime among teenagers. Disguised as high school students, they are supposed to track down a newfangled drug that is currently only in circulation in one high school. Jenko is supposed to mingle with the popular kids and Schmidt infiltrate the chemistry laboratory, but due to a mix-up, the two have to swap roles to avoid being exposed. While Schmidt soon belongs to the cool clique around the beautiful Molly (Brie Larson) and her friend Eric (Dave Franco), Jenko has to find his way in the world of nerds. With Eric, the dealer at the school is quickly located, but the young cops don't get a step closer to the mysterious manufacturer of the designer drug, much to the chagrin of their choleric boss Dickson (Ice Cube) ...
How do you get an eighties series into the cinema that is not really good, but that somehow has a touch of cult? With as little respect as possible, the answer is provided by screenwriter Michael Bacall ("Project X", "Scott Pilgrim versus the Rest of the World (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)") and lead actor Jonah Hill, who developed the story together. So the movie is not a new edition of the series, but its parody, the model is properly pulled through the cocoa. When "Parks And Recreation" star Nick Offerman informs Janko and Schmidt about their new undercover assignment, he points out that a lack of inventiveness has now revived some shit from the eighties, which he then - another nice inside joke - referred to as the "37 Jump Street" program. And Chris Parnell ("30 Rock"), as a theater teacher, announces the end of the second act just as the second act of the film comes to an end. This self-irony culminates in the grandiose cameo by Johnny Depp the side of his old serial colleague Peter DeLuise. Although Depp's participation was known early and was also used for advertising, the appearance comes really surprising and unexpected A stroke of luck, because it makes it clear once again that the "old shit" is over for good and there is now a new, better and more fun "21 Jump Street".
Most of the time, the timing and speed are right for long stretches of the film. https://zxcmovies.com/ is especially high-class. Instead of an eternally long introduction of the characters, the directing duo Lord / Miller succeeds in establishing the complete setting in ten minutes. The soon-to-be intimate friendship between the opposing characters from Hill and Tatum only needs a single short "Wanna be friends?" To start. Nevertheless, it is credible, which is also due to the dazzling leading actor duo Winning art - Moneyball ") that was to be expected, because as the driving force behind the project, the role was tailor-made for him. The surprise, however, is Channing Tatum ("G.I. Joe", "Forever Love"), who pokes fun at himself and is sometimes as uncool as never before. Because like in the comedies from the smithy of successful producer Judd