Comedy sequels can be a tough beast.
After all, a joke isn’t as funny the second time around and – if it is – there’s always the DVD. Comedy sequels often find themselves trapped between a rock and a hard place. They have to pay homage and due respect to what came before, but they can’t simply tread out the same old jokes. It isn’t a case of simply doing the same thing but bigger, as with most sequels. Comedy sequels are a tough nut to crack.
The genius of 22 Jump Street is the way that it accepts this and turns it into the biggest joke of the film.
Jumping back into their roles…
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