21 Jump Street (film)

21 Jump Street is a 2012 American action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, executive produced by and starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, and scripted by Michael Bacall from a story by him and Hill.

Plot
In 2005, Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill), a chubby nerd obsessed with Eminem, is bullied by his rival Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) who is a popular but underachieving jock. The two of them both end high school unhappy. Seven years later they meet each other again at the MCPD (Metropolitan City Police Department) academy and become best friends, as they help with each other's weaknesses, with Schmidt helping Jenko study and Jenko motivating Schmidt through physical activity. They graduate together as partners, but are assigned to park patrol. They catch a break when they spot a drug dealing gang group known as One Percenters and arrest their leader Domingo (DeRay Davis). The department is forced to release him as Jenko forgot the wording of the Miranda rights. The two are reassigned to a revived specialty division on 21 Jump Street. They are introduced to Captain Dickson (Ice Cube), who explains the division specializes in infiltrating high schools and that they were chosen because of their youthful appearances. Schmidt and Jenko are assigned to stop a new synthetic drug called H.F.S (which means "holy fucking shit") from spreading around, as it is currently being contained in one high school.

They go undercover as brothers with their undercover names Brad and Doug McQuaid, living at Schmidt's parents' house. Jenko accidentally switches their identities and they get each other's classes. They learn the lead dealer of the drug is the pseudo-ecological leader of the popular crowd Eric (Dave Franco), but he is not the supplier. They go to the dealing room where Eric forces them to take the drug there and not wait. They attempt to regurgitate it but are unsuccessful, and they undergo the phases of the drug while talking to their P.E. teacher, Mr. Walters (Rob Riggle), and also while running track, during an audition for the school's production of Peter Pan (Schmidt gets chosen for the role of Peter as a result), and at band practice. The mistakes that happen at the track meet cause Eric to take a liking to Schmidt. Schmidt manages to fit in with the popular kids and takes a romantic interest in Eric's friend Molly (Brie Larson), while Jenko becomes friends with the nerds in his AP Chemistry class while his teacher Ms. Griggs (Ellie Kemper) takes a sexual interest in him.

Jenko discovers that his new friends can secretly tap into other people's cell phones to listen into their conversations. Schmidt decides to throw a party at his house to gain Eric's complete trust and Jenko takes the opportunity to tap into Eric's phone. Despite Captain Dickson ordering them not to serve alcohol and drugs to minors, they nevertheless buy alcohol and steal confiscated marijuana. When Eric arrives with Molly and his other friends, Jenko steals Eric's phone for his friends to tap into while Schmidt and Jenko fight off a few rivals of Eric's. Schmidt pretends to sell the drug for Eric but is actually giving it to Captain Dickson to be confiscated. While at Eric's house, Schmidt asks Molly out to prom while Jenko listens through Eric's phone. He also insults Jenko to Eric not knowing that Jenko is listening. Jenko gets a tip from his phone that there is going to be drug meet, he ends up disguising himself and going there, but it ends in a firefight, with Jenko missing the key drug dealers. Schmidt and Jenko learn that Eric is making a deal soon. When Jenko spots Eric leaving school, he takes Schmidt, who was preparing for the play which starts at the same day, to follow him. They see that Eric is dealing with the One Percenters and they follow them, but Domingo spots them and a car chase starts, but both Jenko and Schmidt manage to escape.

Upon returning, Jenko accuses Schmidt of his earlier insults, possibly ruining the case, and getting in too deep, but Schmidt brushes him off and leaves to prepare for the play, only to find that the play is now starting and he is replaced by the substitute. When Schmidt replaces the substitute, apologizes for his tardiness and prepares for the play, Jenko arrives and attacks him on-stage. As a result, Molly (who was cast as Wendy in the play) doesn't want to talk to Schmidt ever again, and both Jenko and Schmidt get expelled from the school. Later, Dickson is forced to expel them from Jump Street. Later that night, both are confronted by Eric and his friends, who want to bring them on as security after hearing about what happened with the One Percenters. He tells them about a deal happening during prom where they get to meet the supplier. At prom, they are surprised to see that the supplier is Mr. Walters, who unwittingly created the drug when he dipped the Cool Ranch Doritos that he always eats into a random concoction of drugs from the chemistry lab.

The One Percenters arrive for the deal, and Domingo recognizes Schmidt and Jenko as police officers since Molly angrily tries to confront Schmidt in the mid-deal and yells out names towards Schmidt, and tells two of his men to kill them. However, the two men reveal themselves as DEA Agents Tom Hanson (Johnny Depp) and Doug Penhall (Peter DeLuise), who were a part of the Jump Street program when it began. Hanson casually talks to Schmidt and Jenko during the standoff which gives Domingo the opportunity to shoot Hanson and Penhall. A gunfight ensues among Schmidt and Jenko, Mr. Walters, and the One Percenters. Mr. Walters and Eric escape in a limo with Molly, who was knocked out after passing out from the drug, as a hostage, with the One Percenters in pursuit of them in another limo, attempting to shoot them unless they pay up.

Schmidt and Jenko pursue all of them in another limo where Jenko creates a homemade chemical bomb from his knowledge in AP Chemistry to kill the One Percenters. They then confront Mr. Walters, who shoots at Schmidt. Jenko jumps in front of Schmidt, saving his life and getting shot in the arm and his chest, which was protected by a bullet-proof vest, in the process. In response, Schmidt shoots Mr. Walters in his penis, severing it. The duo successfully arrest both Mr. Walters reading him his Miranda Rights. Schmidt and Jenko forgive each other. Eric is arrested as well and Schmidt talks to Molly about how sorry he is for lying to her. Molly forgives him as he saved her life, and kisses him before she is taken to the hospital. They are rehired into Jump Street where Dickson gives them a new assignment in a college setting, to Schmidt's excitement but to Jenko's dismay. During the first-credits sequence, a brief scene shows Jenko having sex with Ms. Griggs in the storage room.

Cast

 * Jonah Hill as Morton Schmidt: an unwitting, socially awkward police officer who is transferred to 21 Jump Street, alongside his partner and former high school rival Greg Jenko. In high school, he was known for being a stereotypical nerd with an Eminem obsession (listening to his music and dressing like him). His undercover identity is Doug McQuaid.
 * Channing Tatum as Gregory "Greg" Jenko: a well-trained, but slow-witted police officer who is transferred to 21 Jump Street, alongside his partner and former high school rival Morton Schmidt. In high school, he was a stereotypical jock. His undercover identity is Brad McQuaid.
 * Dave Franco as Eric Molsen: a pseudo-ecological high school student who befriends Schmidt and is one of the H.F.S. dealers.
 * Brie Larson as Molly: one of Eric's friends and Schmidt's love interest.
 * Rob Riggle as Mr. Walters: a Physical Education teacher who is the supplier of H.F.S.
 * DeRay Davis as Domingo: the leader of the One-Percenters.
 * Ice Cube as Capt. Dickson: an aggressive African-American police captain who manages the 21 Jump Street undercover division.
 * Dax Flame as Zack: one of the nerds Jenko befriends throughout his undercover assignment.
 * Chris Parnell as Mr. Gordon
 * Ellie Kemper as Ms. Griggs: a Science teacher who has a sexual interest towards Jenko.
 * Jake Johnson as Principal Dadier: the principal of Sagan High.
 * Nick Offerman as Deputy Chief Hardy: a police captain who re-assigns Schmidt and Jenko to 21 Jump Street.
 * Holly Robinson Peete as Officer Judy Hoffs
 * Johnny Simmons as Billiam Willingham: a kid who died due to H.F.S.
 * Johnny Pemberton as Delroy
 * Stanley Wong as Roman
 * Rye Rye as Jr. Jr.
 * Justin Hires as Juario
 * Brett Lapeyrouse as Amir
 * Lindsey Broad as Lisa
 * Caroline Aaron as Annie Schmidt
 * Joe Chrest as David Schmidt
 * Dakota Johnson as Fugazy
 * Chanel Celaya as Melodie: the girl who Schmidt asks to prom in the beginning
 * Spencer Boldman as French Samuels, the substitute in the play
 * Johnny Depp as Tom Hanson (Uncredited Cameo)
 * Peter DeLuise as Doug Penhall (Uncredited Cameo)