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It’s stupid. It’s smart. It’s bromantic. And it proves that Channing Tatum is a national treasure of physical comedy.

The end credits sequence is a fake montage of sequels we will (sadly) never get: 22 Jump Street: Medical School , 22 Jump Street: NASA , 22 Jump Street: The Musical , and 22 Jump Street: Culinary School (featuring a very angry chef). 22.jump.street

His delivery of the line, "I will dropkick you into oncoming traffic and then I will shoot the ambulance that comes to scrape up what’s left!" is poetry. But the true genius is his side plot involving his daughter (and Schmidt’s awkward attempts to date her). The moment he finds out? That dinner scene is a masterclass in comedic tension. It’s stupid

In the now-iconic briefing room scene, Deputy Chief Hardy (Nick Offerman) deadpans: "We did that. You do the same exact thing. Go to college." And it proves that Channing Tatum is a

Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are back. After their success at high school, the police department... sends them to college. That’s it. The movie literally hangs a lantern on it in the first five minutes.

So, when 22 Jump Street dropped in 2014, the expectations were sky-high. How do you follow a miracle? You don’t. Instead, you blow up the formula, laugh at it, and then set the ashes on fire.

It’s a 90-second riot that perfectly sums up the movie’s thesis: Sequels are ridiculous, so let’s have fun with it.