Yes, 'Jumanji: The Next Level' is more or less the same as the 2017 franchise reboot starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart—you could do worse, says Peter Travers. Our review
, are still fun company — you could do way worse if you’re looking for a comic blast for the holidays. The attitude ofspearheaded by returning director Jake Kasdan and screenwriters Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg, is that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Remember last time when four teens — Spencer , his shy girlfriend Madison , football hero Fridge and digital princess Bethany — nearly got themselves killed? They’d entered thevideo game and wound up in the bodies of adult avatars, such as muscled explorer Dr. Smolder Bravestone , zoologist Franklin “Moose” Finbar , Professor Shelly Oberon and bare-midriff commando Ruby Roundhouse . It was a hoot seeing nerdy Spencer in the body of Johnson, and Black purring like a teenage girl.
For Round Two, the filmmakers play mix-and-match with the avatars, giving nearly everyone a chance to try on a different alter ego. Plus, the game zaps in two senior citizens: Danny De Vito as Spencer’s grouchy grandpop Eddie and Danny Glover as Eddie’s estranged business partner Milo.often feels like it needs a instruction manual.
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