On the surface the 21 Jump Street movie was a reboot of the classic ‘80s TV series starring Johnny Depp. It’s the same basic premise where cops go undercover as teenagers, but it played more ...

In the years since, 21 Jump Street became a bit of a punchline. For self-consciously “hip” cop shows, for movie stars who want to escape their TV prisons, for the idea of high-school narcs.

Jump Street, in other words, works because it’s less a remake than a borrowing; it cheerfully admits that the title and the premise are there to get you in the door, then goes on to make a funny ...

Movies based on classic TV shows rarely work. Just ask Dwayne Johnson and his 2017 Baywatch movie.Yet, something about 2012’s 21 Jump Street really clicked with audiences and critics alike.The ...

The Late-1980s pop culture relic 21 Jump Street was a primo specimen of a TV police procedural with a catchy hook: A team of fresh-faced cops work undercover as high school kids, reporting back to ...

21 JUMP STREET. 4 stars, out of 5. Snapshot: An action-comedy, inspired by the 1980s TV cop show, about two police officers assigned to go undercover, posing as high school students to bust a drug ...

Looking back now, viewers still recognize 21 Jump Street as one of the biggest shows of the 1980s, but at the time, Johnny Depp was reluctant to join the cast. The series, which ran for five ...

On the surface the 21 Jump Street movie was a reboot of the classic ‘80s TV series starring Johnny Depp. It’s the same basic premise where cops go undercover as teenagers, but it played more ...