“22 Jump Street” may be the most arbitrary sequel ... II”), while thousands of spring breakers gyrate on the Mexican beach below, the film has become a bad trip. Directors Phil Lord and ...

However, the phrase “beating a dead horse” seems to perfectly describe the appalling abuse of self-reflexivity in “22 Jump Street.” There are a dozen jokes about the inflated budget, though the budget ...

If there is such a thing as a meta-sequel, then this flagrantly silly and self-aware follow-up to 2012’s 21 Jump Street is it. How so? Because 22 Jump Street explodes the whole concept of ...

The shots of thousands of scantily clad college students dancing and drinking on the beach could come from Korine's film. 22 Jump Street isn't as subversive as Spring Breakers, which upended beach ...

The first movie’s gibes at ’80s cop buddy movies were dead-on, but despite having the same directors (Phil Lord and Christopher Miller), “22” has little wit. Instead, it just throws in ...

Watch a clip from the film "22 Jump Street." Starring Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Nick Offerman, Amber Stevens and Ice Cube. (Photo/Video: Sony) Sequelitis, which can be a wasting disease if not a ...

By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor Right at the top of 22 Jump Street, Nick Offerman’s character announces your intention to repeat lots of bits from 21 Jump Street. Why? MILLER It’s ...

By Rebecca Ford 22 Jump Street Still Hill Tatum with Guns - H 2014 [Warning: Some spoilers from the ending sequence below.] There are plenty of hilarious moments in 22 Jump Street, but the closing ...

In the annals of movies in which character pronounce "annals" as "anals" just to get a cheap laugh, "22 Jump Street" approaches heights of sublime shamelessness. The hyper-self-aware follow-up to ...

Two new movies -- “22 Jump Street,” from Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon 2” -- will duel for dominance at the ...

Thanks to the combined skills of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller — and their screenwriters Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel, and Rodney Rothman — their 2014 comedy "22 Jump Street" managed to defy ...

"First, we openly made fun of ourselves for being lame for re-creating a TV show," says Jonah Hill, who returns for 22 Jump Street (out June 13) with co-star Channing Tatum. "Now we make fun of ...