Jumanji 4: The Next Level

Jumanji 4: The Next Level (2019)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Jumanji is now a video game rather than the board game it's been in movies past. You still are dragged into the game if you start playing until the end, but with a little tweak... each computer generated character has a set number of lives they can die and come back as a video game character, where in the original, dying one time would be fatal on it's own. Your character might not necessarily be human either, which may come as another surprise. Some characters have played the game multiple times, others are new to the experience, and others may choose to stay rather than returning to the real world. An odd choice, but to each their own in this strange adventure. Just be sure to watch out for the wildlife, among other things...

Jumanji

Jumanji (1995)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is a wild story if you ever saw one. The jungle comes alive and tears the city apart. Meanwhile the game that brought it to life is the only way to send it all back and return everything to normal.... and not just the normal of the current time. Turn the clock all the way back to when the game started.... 26 years previously when a young boy disappeared inside the game, only to help them survive to finish it years later.