Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle

In the brand new adventure Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the tables are turned as four teenagers in detention are sucked into the world of Jumanji. When they discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of, they are immediately thrust into the game’s jungle setting, into the bodies of their avatars, played by Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan. What they discover is that you don’t just play Jumanji – Jumanji plays you. They’ll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, or they’ll be stuck in the game forever…

I had pretty low expectations going into this one.  I figured this was going to be one of the lamer reboots or whatever you want to call them when they are kind of sequels.  I was very pleasantly surprised.  The Rock bounced back to his usual greatness after the Baywatch turd.  He had great chemistry with the three other kids having to adjust to their very  different avatars.  Jack Black honestly stole the movie though.  Him as a 16 year old girl provided the biggest laughs throughout the movie.  

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  It was a very fun ride and paid respect to the original while developing their own version of it.