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Dont let anyone tell you that 2017sJumanji: Welcome to the Junglewas a surprise hit.
Now watch them battle deadly video-game creatures in a fantasy jungle!
Its a cute idea, conjoined to a group of likable actors with distinct, firmly established personae.
The average movie star is not too different from a video-game avatar, when you think about it.
Oh, there are a few mild twists this time around.
Imagine the meal Monty Python would have made out of Jurgen and his band of scruffy, grouchy roughnecks.
(Lets face it: They make more money that way.)
But even taking that into account,2manjifeels kind of lifeless.
I laughed when Jack Black was eaten by a giant snake.
I laughed even harder when the Rock was positively demolished by an ostrich.
Id gladly watchJumanji 3: Faces of Death.
