Review of Jungle (2017) by Jluis_001 — 21 Oct 2017
Daniel Radcliffe still on his way of pushing his career further trying to get rid of his Harry Potter image, let's be honest, he will never do it, but he's doing a good job taking risky roles.
Jungle is a film focused on survival, inspired by the memories of Israeli explorer Yossi Ghinsberg who was stranded in an unexplored part of the Bolivian Amazonian jungle in 1981.
Jungle is directed by Greg McLean, a director more focused on terror, he's the director of Wolf Creek 1 and 2 and the recent The Belko Experiment, although Jungle is more focused on other topics, the tonal and structural aspect of the film follows much of the rules of his previous films.
His direction is neat and successful but keeps everything in the grounds he knows, certain narrative points feel irregular and certain sequences will test your patience.
Radcliffe is solid, he carries with fluency and credibility the protagonism but in the end the role does not seem to require more of him from what he already delivered in Swiss Army Man.
Forgettable, but it has enough quality to stand out a bit.
This review of Jungle (2017) was written by Jluis_001 on 21 Oct 2017.
Jungle has generally received positive reviews.
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