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Jumanji Was Inviting and Humorous



Director Jake Kasdan put in his best effort in rebooting 1995's Jumanji film into Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. By using an intensifying jungle setting, excessive comedic moments, useful props,  an astounding score by Henry Jackman, and an overall great tribute to the original film, this was a awe-inspiring film to see during the holiday season.
Distributed by Columbia Pictures, this motion picture was very much similar to the Tristar movie from over twenty years ago, starring Robin Williams, may he rest in peace. The original Jumanji board game was recreated into a  video game cartridge. In 1996, young teenager Alex Vreeke is sucked into the video game accidentally. Twenty years later, five high school students serving detention play the game and get sworn in to the game world themselves, complete with feral wildlife, helicopters, and everything thrilling and destructive. After taking the forms of their avatars, it is up to these youths to put aside their egos and work together to fend off a big-game hunter, save the cursed jungle, and return to the real world before it is too late.
With a sensational cast consisting Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan, audiences will have something to laugh at and make them feel enlivened.

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