Chris Stuckmann reviews Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Bobby Cannavale. Critic Reviews for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. You might not have thought you needed another Jumanji movie, but once you see it, it might be difficult to imagine ever not wanting it to exist.
Unlike the original Jumanji, Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle is a fun, and funny, film throughout. To begin, I'll never understand people. I can't believe the negative reviews.
When Spencer Gilpin is called into the principal's office, he has a pretty good idea why: It's because he helped a good friend. The Jumanji game is imbued with unexplained magic. Very few remakes, sequels or franchise reboots have signaled their desperation to connect quite as nakedly as "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" does. What are your thoughts on Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle? Also nice to see actors play. The movie cleverly uses video game terminology and tropes to guide its characters through the jungle.
Trailer Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
There are NPCs (non-player characters) who stick. The chemistry between the lead cast is evident and the script makes the most of. As someone who has watched the original Jumanji movie multiple times I had high hopes for this movie.
Unfortunately the movie didn't exactly Unfortunately the movie didn't exactly live up to my expectations. The one thing that made the original Jumanji movie so interesting was the very nature. The lions and monkeys and elephants and rhinos and zebras, rampaging through a kitchen. The story follows four high school students who discover "JUMANJI", which has reformed itself as a video game.