22 Jump Street

Actors:  Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Peter Stormare, Ice Cube, Amber Stevens,

Wyatt Russell, Jillian Bell, Jimmy Tatro, Nick Offerman

Rating:  9 out of 10, This movie shouldn’t have worked because it was a tired retread of the first movie (which was hilarious).  It soars for exactly that reason.  I’ve never seen a sequel that poked so much fun at itself and at sequels in general.  The plot was tame and exactly what you would expect but the movie was aimed directly at the idiocy of most sequels – it wasn’t evenly thinly disguised.  The film revels in being a sequel that parodies sequels.  The end credits took this to another level including some very funny cameos.  See this movie for the end credits if nothing else – funny beyond words.

MVP:  Channing Tatum as Greg Jenko displays great comedic timing