![]() ![]() ![]() It's not for lack of trying-everyone in the original cast, including Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan are back and the concept is just as fun as it was back in 2017-but it loses its way while trying to introduce new ideas into the mix. The Next Level brings back absolutely everything Welcome To The Jungle put out on the table, but manages to at once seem too predictable and too off-the-wall to ever hit the charming rhythm the first film captured so readily. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work out that way. So, it would go to follow that its direct sequel, Jumanji: The Next Level, could stick close to the same formula and deliver a similar romp-y experience. Written out, it all seems like rather low hanging fruit, especially given the Jumanji franchise's status as a nostalgia sweet spot for fans of the 1995 original, but Welcome To The Jungle managed to deliver a surprisingly refreshing and self-aware action-comedy. Players are pulled into the game world (rather than the classic version's game world spilling out into reality) where they inhabit avatar bodies and are sent on a quest to finish the game so that they can escape back to their normal lives. 2017's Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle may have given the franchise a very literal upgrade by modernizing the idea of a cursed board game into a magical video game, but the concept never strayed too far from its roots. ![]()
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