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Jumanji: The Next Level

A review by Brooks Rich

I don't have much to say about this film. I loved the original Jumanji growing up and I thought the sequel from few years ago was fine. It was ok. I will always watching anything that has The Rock in it. He is charming. I like Jack Black and Kevin Hart too. It was fine.

Jumanji: The Next Level is the third in the trilogy and is pretty much the same film as the first ones. Human characters are sucked into the video game world of Jumanji and must complete the game in order to be returned to the real world. Rinse, repeat. This is one of the most unnecessary sequels I've ever seen. This is practically the first sequel all over again. They try to mix it up by having Danny DeVito and Danny Glover get sucked into the game as well so The Rock and Kevin Hart have to imitate them, but besides leading to a genuinely hilarious line delivery by Kevin Hart, it doesn't add up to much. Hart actually does a great impression of Danny Glover in this.

Some people might find this funny. There's nothing inherently offensive about this film but there's nothing special about it. This is as big studio Hollywood film as you can get. Kevin Hart is a comedic talent who is being wasted. Someone remake Beverly Hills Cop and cast him as Axel Foley already. As for Jumanji The Next Level, meh.

Rating: 2/5


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