Home video review: '22 Jump Street'

November 15, 2014 at 8:00PM
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Jonah Hill, left, and Channing Tatum in Columbia Pictures' "22 Jump Street." (AP Photo/Sony Pictures, Glen Wilson) ORG XMIT: MIN2014061114262860
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in “22 Jump Street.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Copping to cheap laughs

In the annals of cheap-laugh movies, "22 Jump Street" (R, Sony, $30-$40) approaches heights of sublime shamelessness. This sequel wears its well-worn formula of mocking inside jokes and overkill proudly, flying the high-lowbrow flag for audiences that like their comedy just smart enough to be not-too-dumb. Reprising his deputy police chief role, Nick Offerman informs star undercover officers Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum of their new case, a campus drug ring. Contains profanity, sexual content, brief nudity and some violence. Extras include commentary with Hill, Tatum and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; Blu-ray includes 17 deleted and extended scenes.

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