JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE- THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES

REEL SUM UP

Four high school students are made to serve detention by clearing  the school basement, where they stumble upon Jumaji. Only this time, the magical board game is now a vintage video game version. Choosing  their avatars, the four teenagers find themselves sucked into the game's vast jungle setting- and as grown up avatars they had chosen. To get back the real world, they must of of course do what Alan Parrish and his friends did... FINISH THE GAME!


Another unexpected-albeit stand alone- of a classic movie, personally I didn't think there would be another attempt after Zathura which was made in 2005 and loosely based on the illustrated book of the name by Chris Van Allburg, author of Jumanji. Zathura is regarded as the 'spiritual sequel' of the 1995 movie, though, unlike the book, Jumanji's events were not mentioned. And, unfortunately, it didn't do well in the box office.
The question is, will this upcoming  hold a candle to the 1995 original version starring the late- and greatly missed Robin Williams or there be the inevitable comparisons between this one or the original? And why it is now a video game, the last we saw of the game was it half buried in the sand in a French beach. One conclusion, it is a magic game, it probably has the ability to change its own appearance!
It stars the very macho Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and there is Kevin Hart- hence a lot of laughs in the midst of all the action and danger. Along with them are Jack Black and Karen Gillan.
The movie is directed by Jack Kasdan and will be released in the States on December 20th, 2017.


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