22 Jump Street
Short description
Officers Schmidt and Jenko, having already infiltrated a high school in their first undercover assignment, are sent back to school again, this time to a local college. Their task is to work undercover within the student body and investigate criminal activity on campus. Once enrolled, though, the two are pulled in different directions: Jenko connects with the football team, while Schmidt is drawn toward an art crowd. These separate lives make them question whether their partnership can survive.
The film is the direct sequel to 21 Jump Street, and it follows that movie in the directing career of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who made it after Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie. Michael Bacall, Rodney Rothman and Oren Uziel wrote the screenplay, and Neal H. Moritz, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum produced. Hill and Tatum lead a cast of 101 credited performers, among them Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens West and Jillian Bell.
Released in June 2014, the film runs 112 minutes and mixes action, comedy and crime. It was made for about 50 million dollars and took in roughly 331 million dollars worldwide, a strong return on its budget. On IMDb it holds a 7 out of 10 from 437,000 votes and on TMDB 6.8 out of 10 from 8,732 votes. A critics' rating of 7 out of 10 from 221 reviews sits close to the audience scores, indicating broadly comparable reactions.
What's left behind the scenes
- Schmidt says that Captain Dickson's new office looks like a cube of ice. The actor who plays Dickson is Ice Cube.
- The scenes in the end credits were filmed in one day during post-production and edited a month before the film's release.
- In the scene where Schmidt and Jenko are in the fraternity house attic, they are holding a tablet playing music, but the icon on the screen indicates that the sound is muted. Also, in the scene where someone is texting on a smartphone, sounds of key presses are heard, but the device’s screen displays an icon indicating that the sound is off.
- Immediately after the scene in the library, when Jenko jumps over the railing, his shoes are visible, and they have flat soles, when they should be cleats.
- When Schmidt and Jenko arrive at the psychology professor’s office, the nameplate on his door reads “Michael P. Murphy.” Later, at the press conference, Hardy mispronounces his name as “Karl Murphy.”
- During the scene where Zeke tells Jenko he wants him to join the fraternity, the logo of Tulane University is visible on the weights.
- When Schmidt and Jenko drive onto the football field, they are seen tearing down an inflatable arch. When the bandits run onto the field, the arch is already back in place.
- Due to their commitments to the film “The Lego Movie” (2014), directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller made no changes to the script before filming began.
- Wyatt Russell turned down a role in the “Hunger Games” sequels in favor of “22 Jump Street”.
- During the spring break scenes, a club/restaurant can be noticed with the name “Gringo Pendejos”, which translates roughly as “Stupid Americans”.
- Wilhelm’s scream comes from the robotics lab when Schmidt and Jenko break into it while escaping from “The Ghost”.
- During Jenko and Schmidt's first game, someone shouts “Omaha” – a reference to Peyton Manning, who used the word during the 2014 NFL playoff games.
- When Schmidt drives a Lamborghini Murcielago, he says he feels like Batman. In “Batman Begins” (2005), Batman drove a Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster, and in “The Dark Knight” (2008), Batman drove a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640.
- When the heroes are talking to the police chief at the beginning of the film, Jenko (Channing Tatum) states that he wouldn't mind being recruited by the Secret Service – to protect the White House. This is a reference to his previous film – “White House Down” (2013) – where he played an agent protecting the White House.
- Seth Rogen appears as a replacement for Jonah Hill at the end of the film, in scenes parodying a sequel. One of Hill's early roles was as Seth in “Superbad” (2007), a character that Rogen originally considered playing himself when he began writing the script as a teenager.
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