Posing as siblings (!) attending the same high school, the two undercover cops struggle to convincingly fit in with the student body despite the readily apparent physical maturity issues, especially where Tatum’s muscular Jenko is concerned. Setting the promising tone is a prologue taking place back in high school circa 2005, with Hill’s nerdy Schmidt taking fashion cues from Eminem (with not-so-Slim Shady results) and Tatum’s cool but clueless Jenko establishing an early adversarial relationship.Ĭut to the present, with both graduating from the police academy and, after a botched first arrest, being reassigned to the long-dormant Jump Street unit overseen by the intimidating Captain Dickson ( Ice Cube, specializing in hilarious, expletive-laden slow burns). The laugh-out-loud upshot - based on a story by Hill and screenwriter Michael Bacall and energetically directed by the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs duo of Phil Lord & Christopher Miller- should nab big numbers for Sony.Īlthough it doesn’t open until March 16, the picture is looking to jump-start word-of-mouth with a March 12 sneak preview at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin.

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