Every film connoisseur can also treat himself a bit of fast food from time to time. A little bit Pure entertainmentthat also wants to be exactly that. If a film is very conscious and gets involved, the result can be the best popcorn cinema that leaves you with a wide grin.
This consciousness brings the wonderfully lovely fantasy adventure duo Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level. With this double pack, fireworks from honestly funny and often wonderful direct gags await us, crazy action and a childlike sense of adventure. Amazon Prime currently has the two films ready for streaming in the standard subscription.
In Jumanji, a group of teenagers have to survive a cursed adventure game
Sitting should actually be a terribly boring affair. Especially for the four bored teenagers who are forced to make a clear ship in the basement of their school after class. But the whole thing becomes a real nightmare when it During the cursed video game Discover: Jumanji. An adventure game full of fatal obstacles in the jungle.
When they turn it on and try to play a round instead of working, the incredible happens: the game sucks them in and they become characters. Spencer is from the shy nerd to the heroic Dr. Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson). The introverted Martha for fearless fighter Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan), Sportskanon Fridge for a short -legged, weak mosson (Kevin Hart).
And social media-it-girl Bethany? She has to cope in the body of the rounded bookworm Shelly Oberon (Jack Black). Together they have to learn To grow into their new rolesto overcome and work together old fears and prejudices to survive the game and find it back into the real world.
The Jumanji series is a perfect example of pure adventure and action fun
Jumanji’s plot has hardly changed since his template film with Robin Williams. It is about struggle for survival, absurd encounters with jungle creatures and lots of chaos. But the new edition has the clever idea of pulling the main characters into the game world. This makes the adventure more tangible and offers countless opportunities for ingenious action sequences.
These occasions never let the two films pass for a second. One action highlight chases the next. The situations increase in their crazy absurdity into immeasurable. At the same time, the video game format is played, whose mechanics cleverly installed the script and the resulting gags sit.
But not only those: All figures are perfectly hit caricatures that either take up the paradise of the respective acting and play their strengths – or the image of the actors: take on the inside. Dwayne Johnson is self-ironic as usual, Jack Black unpacks the comedy gold, Karen Gillan mixes toughness and self-doubt.
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So Everything just grabs great: Classic adventure feeling in the best Indiana Jones manner. Plus hilarious humor. Plus action on adrenaline high ten. Plus meta gags and good character work. That brings heart, fun and simply an extremely entertaining evening.
If you fancy adventure and an attack on the laughing muscles, you can currently see both Jumanji: Welcome to the jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level at Amazon Prime stream.
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