To it's credit as you learn mid way through the film this is a sequel and not a remake. I'm thankful for this as I'm tired of the senseless reboots, seriously enough already.
With a fantastic cast who are all bringing their A game Jumanji is a very generic Hollywood movie. What I mean by that is its predictible, it's flashy, it's loud and has all the usual tropes that you'd expect.
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that's entirely a bad thing, at least it has fantastic production values but sadly it means it lacks in originality and has no real identity of it's own.
Telling the story of 4 teenagers who get pulled into Jumanji, yet this time it's updated and has become a video game!
Plenty of comedy, both hit and miss, the stunning Miss Gillan on show and Jack Black for the first time in years actually reminding us why we used to love him.
It goes without saying that I prefer the first movie but credit where credit is due Welcome To The Jungle did exceed my expectations as I think I subconciously went in expecting and perhaps wanting to hate it.
Nothing special, all flash with little filler. But you can do a lot worse and there are some laughs to be had.
The Good:
All the 4 leads deliver on every front
The lives thing is kind of neat
The Bad:
Same villian, but changed so dramatically really?!
Does exactly what it says on the tin
Nick Jonas
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Jack Black was a girl in previous life
With a fantastic cast who are all bringing their A game Jumanji is a very generic Hollywood movie. What I mean by that is its predictible, it's flashy, it's loud and has all the usual tropes that you'd expect.
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that's entirely a bad thing, at least it has fantastic production values but sadly it means it lacks in originality and has no real identity of it's own.
Telling the story of 4 teenagers who get pulled into Jumanji, yet this time it's updated and has become a video game!
Plenty of comedy, both hit and miss, the stunning Miss Gillan on show and Jack Black for the first time in years actually reminding us why we used to love him.
It goes without saying that I prefer the first movie but credit where credit is due Welcome To The Jungle did exceed my expectations as I think I subconciously went in expecting and perhaps wanting to hate it.
Nothing special, all flash with little filler. But you can do a lot worse and there are some laughs to be had.
The Good:
All the 4 leads deliver on every front
The lives thing is kind of neat
The Bad:
Same villian, but changed so dramatically really?!
Does exactly what it says on the tin
Nick Jonas
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Jack Black was a girl in previous life