I am an unabashed 21 Jump Street fan (yes, the show from the 80s).  I can clearly remember watching the show from its absolute premier to its cancellation.  I am not sure what drew it to me in the first place, but to my young mind these “cop” turned high school students were the coolest people I knew.  Fast forward to the 21st century and now due to the originality and genius of Hollywood we have a movie.  Refreshingly, the movie takes a totally different approach to the story, not just bringing back the original characters back and just retelling some lost and forgotten plot line that couldn’t cut it for the original show, we are treated to an almost self aware parody of buddy cops in a similar vein of the Other Guys, just with more high school students.  Starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as youthful looking inept cops who almost as a last resort are co-opted into a revived program from the 80s in which cops infiltrate high schools to fight crime.  Both officers … [Read more...]