A sequel to a movie that was mediocre at best, but made some money and thus a sequel was contractually obligated for the main stars.
The entire movie is based around the 'inside joke' that it's a sequel and the constantly make little quips about it, little jokes that are just not needed... It gets boring after the first couple of times and you just sit there thinking 'oh another inside joke to the audience about how this is a sequel'... The problem with that is this... if they'd put all that aside and actually concentrated on the script itself... There is potential for a semi decent action comedy... Instead it's a continuous stream of lame joke after lame joke... a good 50% of the attempts at humour in this movie are entirely about how it's a sequel... you have plot jokes, budget jokes... ad nauseum.
It takes what could have been an ok movie and turns it into a shitfest... I never laughed out loud once in the entire film... I chuckled a couple of times at jokes that were unrelated to the fact it was a sequel.
The best thing about this movie were the end credits... seriously... it's at that point that they actually do something amusing with a parody of what they could do in further sequels.... thus you have snippets of 23 Jump Street through to 40 something Jump Street... Medical School through Dance School... that there was the funniest part of the whole movie and whilst it didn't make me laugh out loud... It's exactly how you make a nod and a wink to the audience about how it's a sequel. If only they had included just the one joke at the beginning about the Church across the street and the sign about building apartments next door at 23 Jump St... then left every other joke out until the end credits.
Shout by DeletedBlockedParent2014-10-11T19:55:35Z
A sequel to a movie that was mediocre at best, but made some money and thus a sequel was contractually obligated for the main stars.
The entire movie is based around the 'inside joke' that it's a sequel and the constantly make little quips about it, little jokes that are just not needed... It gets boring after the first couple of times and you just sit there thinking 'oh another inside joke to the audience about how this is a sequel'... The problem with that is this... if they'd put all that aside and actually concentrated on the script itself... There is potential for a semi decent action comedy... Instead it's a continuous stream of lame joke after lame joke... a good 50% of the attempts at humour in this movie are entirely about how it's a sequel... you have plot jokes, budget jokes... ad nauseum.
It takes what could have been an ok movie and turns it into a shitfest... I never laughed out loud once in the entire film... I chuckled a couple of times at jokes that were unrelated to the fact it was a sequel.
The best thing about this movie were the end credits... seriously... it's at that point that they actually do something amusing with a parody of what they could do in further sequels.... thus you have snippets of 23 Jump Street through to 40 something Jump Street... Medical School through Dance School... that there was the funniest part of the whole movie and whilst it didn't make me laugh out loud... It's exactly how you make a nod and a wink to the audience about how it's a sequel. If only they had included just the one joke at the beginning about the Church across the street and the sign about building apartments next door at 23 Jump St... then left every other joke out until the end credits.
5/10 and that's generous.