When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a dangerous drug ring. But, as time goes on, Schmidt and Jenko discover that high school is nothing like it was just a few years earlier -- and, what's more, they must again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they had left behind.
The late-eighties TV series is rebooted with jolts of sentiment, personal discovery, and wild comedy.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Mar 2012
fresh:
The whole crew makes clear its affections for action cinema, trashy television and the YouTube generation alike while having fun at the expense of all three.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
16 Mar 2012
fresh:
A raucous, raunchy comedy.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
16 Mar 2012
fresh:
This bracing new take on 21 Jump Street has a playful spark all its own. It's a blast.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar 2012
rotten:
A try-anything, fitfully amusing muddle that wears its mocking cynicism a bit too proudly.