When they realize each has something the other one needs, a friendship sparks and they become partners. ![]() Jenko was the popular jock while Schmidt was the unpopular nerd. ![]() Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum star as Schmidt and Jenko respectively, two rookie cops who went to high school together, though belonging to different social circles. The result is a smart, exciting and often hilarious action-comedy with real stakes and a surprising amount of heart. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the team behind the brilliant and absurd Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, use the fact that nobody is too invested in the source material to their advantage, subverting all expectations for what a movie like this would be. As it turns out 21 Jump Street is barely an adaptation, and it isn't just an excuse to capitalize on an old concept. Was anyone really clamoring for that? Was there any reason to adapt that into a feature film in 2012? It sounds like just another example of Hollywood cashing in on an established franchise, akin to the decision to make a movie based on the board game Battleship. 21 Jump Street sounds like a terrible idea on paper: a big screen adaptation of an ABC TV series from the 80s.
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