![]() I feared The Next Level would be too similar to Welcome to the Jungle, because how could it not be? There can’t be that many ways for them to go through Jumanji, and the novelty of seeing the cast act as teens in the bodies of adult video-game characters couldn’t possibly be as funny the second time. Smolder Bravestone (Johnson), Professor Sheldon (Black), Franklin (Hart) and Ruby Roundhouse (Gillan). Unable to find Spencer after he ditches brunch, his friends all end up in – you guessed it – the Jumanji video game (which should have been destroyed in the last movie, right?), only this time, with Milo and Eddie in tow. His grandfather is also on uncertain terms with his own former business partner and best friend, Milo (Danny Glover). ![]() ![]() Going home to his grandfather Eddie (played by Danny DeVito, whose every moment on screen is a delight of physical humour), Spencer reveals how unhappy and unsure he is of where he stands in his friend group, including with his girlfriend Martha (Morgan Turner). Spencer (Alex Wolff) finds his college experience to be lonelier than that of his friends. It’s the Christmas holidays, and everyone’s back home and meeting for brunch. Having remained friends after the events of the first film, which took place over a year ago, the team is now in college. The Next Level brings its predecessor’s cast back together. What’s new in theatres and streaming this week, including Michael Bay’s enthralling 6 Underground and the unnecessary but entertaining Jumanji: The Next Level But with Welcome to the Jungle grossing almost a billion dollars worldwide, the potential for another box-office and critical success was clearly too good to pass up. ![]() I streamed it over a year ago on a lazy afternoon and still find myself telling other millennials, “You know, the new Jumanji is actually really fun!” Upon hearing they were making yet another film – Jumanji: The Next Level – I winced. ![]() I wanted to dislike Welcome to the Jungle because it represented the nostalgia cash grab major studios are so eager for, but unfortunately I loved it. So of course, in 2017 they expanded the Jumanji universe, replacing the supernatural board game from the original with a video game in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan. Ask any child of the nineties and they’ll tell you that the original Robin Williams’s Jumanji was a masterpiece. ![]()
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