21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street (2012) starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum. Seven years after high school, two diametrically opposed men (Hill, Tatum) go to the Police Academy and become friends. After they screw up their first arrest, they are placed in an undercover unit trying to bust a drug ring at a local high school. The movie tries an interesting role-reversal trick where the nerd (Hill) has to become the cool guy and the cool guy (Tatum) has to become a nerd, and it kind of works. There's plenty of comic action -- perhaps too much. The film feels a bit over-stuffed. But for an evening's entertainment, it's not bad. (The subtitles included on the disc are excellent, but there are no closed captions.) Grade: B