22 Jump Street (2014)

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After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them. Wikipedia ↗

22 Jump Street is a 2014 American buddy cop action comedy directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the sequel to their surprise hit 21 Jump Street. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum return as Schmidt and Jenko, who are sent undercover again — this time at a college campus to infiltrate a drug ring. The film's meta-awareness was cranked to extraordinary levels, with characters explicitly commenting on the fact that they're repeating the same assignment, Ice Cube's Captain Dickson raging that the department has doubled their budget expecting the same results, and a credit sequence depicting increasingly absurd hypothetical sequels (Medical School, Semester at Sea, 2121 Jump Street).

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's willingness to deconstruct not just the sequel formula but their own film's existence was a comedic tightrope walk that few filmmakers could have pulled off. Channing Tatum's commitment to playing the dim but loveable Jenko deepened, and his emotional turmoil over Schmidt's new friendship was played as a genuine rom-com breakup. 22 Jump Street earned $331 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.