21 Jump Street: Tops the Box Office

21 Jump Street: Tops the Box Office

Columbia Pictures’ 21 Jump Street is an action comedy flick which was released on 16th March and till then had grossed $46.9 million. It is based on the TV series of the same name and is produced by Stephen J. Cannel. It was written by Jonah Hill and directed
by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. 

The movie has a production budget of $42 million and covered it up in its opening week. It stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as the lead roles along with Brie Larson, Ice Cube, Dave Franco and Rob Riggle.

The 109-minute flick follows Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) who joined the police force after graduation. Schmidt was the dork while Jenko was the popular one in their high school days. However, after their young appearances, Schmidt and Jenko, are assigned
to an undercover mission back to the high school. They had to infiltrate a drug ring which supplies synthetic drugs to the high school students.   

It received an 86 per cent score in the review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 7.1 out of 10 based on 170 reviews.  The site’s general consensus states, “A smart, affectionate satire of ’80s nostalgia and teen movie tropes, 21
Jump Street offers rowdy mainstream comedy with a surprisingly satisfying bite.”

Tom Long of the Detroit News gave it a score of B- and stated, “"21" makes clear from the beginning it is gobbling up some pop culture refuse in the name of nothing more than making fun of it and having fun with it.”

William Goss from the Film.com praised the movie by saying, “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.”

Metro Times’ top film critic, Corey Hall, also gave it a rating of B- and declared, “It’s immature, rude and sometimes quite funny, at least until the same gag makes a fourth or fifth lap around the track.”

All in all, 21 Jump Street is a must watch for everyone.

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