22 Jump Street Tops at the Box Office
Despite the film's box office
success, grossing $60 million over
the weekend, 22 Jump Street was
a hit and miss for me. As the
sequel to 21 Jump Street (2012),
the film follows two undercover
cops, Jenko (Channing Tatum)
and Schmidt (Jonah Hill), while
they disguise themselves as
college students in order to
overturn a massive drug deal on
campus.
The film is filled to the brim with
back-to-back jokes and banter
and, while some of it was worthy
of a good laugh, a lot of it made
me cringe. One scene in particular
served no purpose to the plot
other than to make a disgusting
slew of transphobic jokes. It's not
so much that I cringed during this
scene, but more like I stared
wide-eyed, open mouthed and
whispered, "Are you kidding me…"
at least five times.
Other than that obvious foul, the
movie was entertaining. Ice Cube,
who plays the police captain,
nearly had me in tears on more
than one occasion (I actually
laughed so hard, I slapped my bad
knee).
I wish the film hadn't tried so hard
to be socially aware just to drop
the ball on about every social
justice-esque issue it brought up.
If you're going to be a comedy,
just be a comedy and let the rest
unfold organically. Otherwise, the
entire thing is pretty awkward.
Overall, it wasn't a bad movie. I
had a fun time watching it, for the
most part.
Also, this film might make you
actually afraid to send your kids to
college, so have fun with that.
SAVE THE DATE!
The next food
distribution from
Harvesters is July
14th and 29th at
Heart of God
Fellowship, from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
By Tempest Wright
