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And just like that, the movie hands you a signed confession: Yes, this is a sequel. Yes, it is exactly the same plot. And yes, we are going to have a blast with it.

Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are back. After their success at high school, the police department... sends them to college. That’s it. The movie literally hangs a lantern on it in the first five minutes. 22.jump.street

So, when 22 Jump Street dropped in 2014, the expectations were sky-high. How do you follow a miracle? You don’t. Instead, you blow up the formula, laugh at it, and then set the ashes on fire. And just like that, the movie hands you

His delivery of the line, "I will dropkick you into oncoming traffic and then I will shoot the ambulance that comes to scrape up what’s left!" is poetry. But the true genius is his side plot involving his daughter (and Schmidt’s awkward attempts to date her). The moment he finds out? That dinner scene is a masterclass in comedic tension. Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are back

If you have seen 22 Jump Street , you know. If you haven’t, stop reading and go watch it right now.

22 Jump Street shouldn’t work. It’s a sequel to a reboot of a property nobody cared about. But by embracing its own absurdity, it becomes a rare beast: a comedy sequel that is just as good—arguably better —than the original.

5/5 undercover backpacks.