'Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle' (2017)

Genre: Action, Adventure, and Comedy

Director: Jake Kasdan

Writers: Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers

Cinematographer: Gyula Pados

Editors: Steve Edwards & Mark Helfrich

Rated: PG-13

Back as a video game, four kids are suck into the Jumanji game as avatars. They will need to work together in order to survive Jumanji and complete the game.

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Almost a sequel/reboot to the original 'Jumanji' (1995) film. It felt like 'Breakfast Club' meets 'Jumanji' in a way since the four high school kids who are different from each other get detention and that's how they find the video game 'Jumanji'. It was a cool twist where the Jumanji, board game, adapts to the new age of video games and transforms into one.

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Heart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan did a great job in this film with the comedy line and action. I enjoyed how the characteristics of the four kids transfer into the main cast which add to the comedy. Especially Jack Black's character is a teenage girl, so it was fun to see the reactions of Bethany through Jack Black. It was interesting to watch all the relationships between the characters. I really enjoyed watching Martha and Bethany's relationship work out and the way they support each other. Love the scenes where Bethany teaches Martha the art of flirting and Martha's dance fighting.

There are a few sexual jokes in the film that surprised me since there are kids in the theater, but it is a PG-13 movie. Also, it seemed liked everyone enjoyed the joke since the audience laughed.

The movie's theme is about who you are and what you do in your life. Spencer talks about how it's easier to act brave when you have more lives, but Fridge tells him how people only get one life and takes risks to make the most of it. By the time they defeat Jumanji, all the Avatar characters only had one life.

I noticed that they gave the people who are known for their strength or looks receive the avatar that are focus on intelligence, while the two known for knowledge are given strength and looks.

        

A tribute to Robin Williams' character from 'Jumanji' (1995) with Alex(Nick Jonas) lived in a hut built by Alan Parish during his time trapped in the game. Once everyone goes back to the real world, the four kids meet up with an older Alex; similar to the previous movie when Robin Williams' character went back to his own timeline. Colin Hanks plays the older Alex, but when I looked on IMDb they don't credit him?

There is no ending scene after the credits, you only hear the sounds of the Jumanji's drums playing which hints that maybe there will be a future Jumanji movie maybe.