Watching Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill fingering each other's throats in a high school bathroom may seem slightly strange. However, because the young men are trying to rid themselves of a new synthetic drug metabolizing in their bloodstream, I personally think it's fine.

In 21 Jump Street, based on the TV series of the same name, Tatum and Hill co-star as undercover cops who return to high school to suppress the sales of a new drug and take down the dealers and creators.

Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs), this action comedy was written by Hill and Michael Bacall (Project X).

Former classmates Morton Schmidt (Hill) and Greg Jenko (Tatum) meet again when they are enrolled in the same police academy. Assigned as partners on park patrol, they manage to escape the less-than-glamorous duty when they take down drug dealer Domingo (DeRay Davis).

The partners are reassigned to a division of 21 Jump Street, and the film cuts to a close up of Ice Cube, er, Captain Dickson, who tells the boys they have been transferred because "You some Justin Beaver, Miley Cyrus lookin' muthaf--ers."

Schmidt and Jenko return to high school posing as brothers, each with his own new identity. Once a popular jock, Jenko must now take "app Chemistry" while shy nerdy Schmidt has to face his insecurities in drama class.

I suspected that upon returning to school, someone who looks like Tatum would be practically stampeded, Robert Pattinson in Twilight-style, yet it is Schmidt who becomes "one of the popular kids."

The crunchy granola progressives, (in this decade the popular crowd), are led by drug dealer Eric (played by James Franco's little brother Dave). Eric takes a liking to Schmidt, and this friendship brings him closer to finding the supplier of the synthetic drug called H.F.S., which stands for Holy F-ing S-.

The action scenes in Jump Street are less than impressive, but the comedy, while ridiculous, is also ridiculously funny.

The audience members around me were laughing for the majority of the film; Hill and Bacall included plenty of comedic details in the script that worked seamlessly on the big screen.

Jenko and Schmidt's bromance is smooth and humorous, and their back-and-forth banter provides just enough spring for the other to bounce off of with ample wit. While the acting isn't anything earth shattering, Jump Street is a "so good it must be bad for you" feel-good comedy that is hilarious without being trite. The concept is fresh, and there were unforeseen, but great uncredited cameos by Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise reprising their roles from the original series.

Tatum brought his effortlessly tantalizing charm, making it possible to dispel the fact that he's 31 and playing a high schooler. A skinny Hill, who, besides co-writing and starring in the film also served as executive producer, did his expected comedic nerd thing, but unexpectedly (and not incredibly believable when your partner looks like Tatum) was the one who scored any high-school romance.

Most surprising was Franco's portrayal of Eric, the obnoxious-drug-dealing-hippie-popular boy whose parents don't care about him.

This was the first film I've seen him in, and he proved himself as more than just James' younger sibling through his interpretation of the pretentious, laid-back character who's chronically spewing lines such as, "Yo, it's chill man, recycle" when he's not too busy selling drugs.

Ice Cube nailed every one of his lines; I started to condition myself to laugh before he even opened his mouth, Pavlov's dog-style.

Hill's take on turning 21 Jump Street into a film is an alluring concept, and the comedy never felt forced, including the action component, which was more comedy than anything else. The film is definitely worth watching, and laughing with everyone in the theater is an experience well worth the trip to the big screen.