Genre:
Action/Crime
Directed by:
Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Starring:
Jonah Hill, Johnny Depp
Release date:
Thu 15, Mar 2012
Budget $42 million
Box office
$201,383,863
21 Jump Street is a 2012 American action comedy film
starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, written by Hill and Michael Bacall, and
directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Based on the 1987 television series
of the same name by Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh, the film follows
two police officers who are forced to relive high school when they are assigned
to go undercover as high school students to prevent the outbreak of a new
synthetic drug and arrest its supplier. It was released theatrically on March
16, 2012, and garnered both critical and commercial success. A sequel entered
development shortly before its release.
Plot
Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum)
are former classmates who meet again at police academy. Schmidt was a nerd
while Jenko was a jock. They end up becoming friends at the academy as they
help with each others' weaknesses, with Schmidt helping Jenko study and Jenko
motivating Schmidt through physical activity. They graduate together as
partners, but are assigned to park patrol. They catch a break when they spot a
group of One Percenters and arrest their leader Domingo (DeRay Davis). However,
the department is forced to release him as Jenko forgot the wording of the
Miranda rights. The two are reassigned to a revived specialty division on 21
Jump Street.
They are introduced to Captain Dickson (Ice Cube), who
explains the division specializes in infiltrating high schools and that they
were chosen because of their youthful appearances. Schmidt and Jenko are
assigned to stop a new synthetic drug from spreading to other schools by
finding the supplier. They go undercover as brothers, living at Schmidt's
parents' house. Jenko accidentally switches their identities and they get each
others' classes. They learn the lead dealer of the drug is the popular Eric
(Dave Franco), but he is not the supplier.
They go to the dealing room where Eric forces them to take
the drug there and not wait. They attempt to regurgitate it but are
unsuccessful, and they undergo the phases of the drug while talking to their
P.E. teacher, Mr. Walters (Rob Riggle), and also while running track and during
band practice. The mistakes that happen at the track meet cause Eric to take a
liking to Schmidt.
Schmidt manages to fit in with the popular kids and takes a
romantic interest in Eric's friend Molly (Brie Larson), while Jenko becomes
friends with the nerds in his AP Chemistry class while his teacher Ms. Griggs
(Ellie Kemper) takes a sexual interest in him. Jenko discovers that his new
friends secretly tap into other people's cell phones to listen into their
conversations. Schmidt decides to throw a party at his house to gain Eric's
complete trust and Jenko takes the opportunity to tap into Eric's phone.
Despite Captain Dickson ordering them not to serve alcohol and drugs to minors,
they nevertheless buy alcohol and steal confiscated marijuana. When Eric
arrives with Molly and his other friends, Jenko steals Eric's phone for his
friends to tap into while Schmidt fights off a rival of Eric's.
Schmidt pretends to sell the drug for Eric but is actually
giving it to Captain Dickson to be confiscated. While at Eric's house, Schmidt
asks Molly out to prom while Jenko listens through Eric's phone. He also
insults Jenko to Eric with Jenko listening. Schmidt and Jenko learn that Eric
is making a deal soon. When Jenko spots Eric leaving school, he takes Schmidt
to follow him. They see that Eric is dealing with the One Percenters and they
follow them, but are forced to run away when Domingo spots them. Back at
school, Jenko accuses Schmidt of his earlier insults, possibly ruining the
case, and getting in too deep, but Schmidt brushes him off. Jenko and Schmidt
get into a fight that results in them getting expelled and fired from Jump Street.
Later that night, both are confronted by Eric and his
friends, who want to bring them on as security after hearing about what
happened with the One Percenters. He tells them about a deal happening during
prom where they get to meet the supplier. At prom, they are surprised to see
that the supplier is Mr. Walters. The One Percenters arrive for the deal, and
Domingo recognizes Schmidt and Jenko as police officers, and tells two of his
men to kill them. However, the two men reveal themselves as DEA Agents Tom
Hanson (Johnny Depp) and Doug Penhall (Peter DeLuise), who were a part of the
Jump Street program when it began. Hanson casually talks to Schmidt and Jenko
during the standoff which gives Domingo the opportunity to kill Hanson and
Penhall. A gunfight ensues among Schmidt and Jenko, Mr. Walters, and the One
Percenters. Mr. Walters and Eric escape in a limo with Molly as a hostage, with
the One Percenters in pursuit of them in another limo. Schmidt and Jenko pursue
all of them in another limo where Jenko creates a homemade chemical bomb from
his knowledge in AP Chemistry to kill the One Percenters. They then confront
Mr. Walters, who shoots at Schmidt. Jenko jumps in front of Schmidt, saving his
life and getting shot in the arm and his chest, which was protected by a
bullet-proof vest, in the process. In response, Schmidt shoots Mr. Walters in
the groin, severing his penis. The duo successfully arrest him and Eric and
make amends with each other. Schmidt makes amends with Molly and the two share
a kiss. They are rehired into Jump Street where Dickson gives them a new
assignment in a college setting, to Schmidt's excitement but to Jenko's dismay.
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References.
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