Review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) by Robert R — 31 Jan 2018

Yet another testament to the growing Hollywood trend of remakes, sequels, and reboots that only encapsulate a shell of what their predecessors represented. Instead of the tender musings on childhood, adulthood, time, and fear that the original possessed, we get some recycled thematics that you can find in any 80's high school flick.

Instead of the smart and effective humor that made the original film so entertaining, we get dick jokes. It simply doesn't even flick a booger in the direction of the original. . .but it's still watchable.

Yes, even I'll admit - though I wasn't looking forward to this flick at all (and although I still ended up not even liking it that much) it ended up containing a bit more competency than I was expecting.

The video-game-isms are entertaining, the lead performances are definitely stimulating, and even though there are still some glaring, fundamental issues with it, "Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle" is still somehow worth the watch.