Jumanji: The Next Level

At first I thought I was mistaken and I’m watching the first movie of this quasi reboot which shouldn't be even called a reboot according to the creators. I think that this is a standard Hollywood way of making the most out of something that was already there and worked and it doesn’t really matter if it is a remake or a reboot. Nevertheless one thing that cannot be denied is that this movie has a good cast. Their performances were perfect again. But the pity is that what I laughed at the most in this movie was a joke about Andrej Babiš created by translation. Otherwise it is just average. It doesn’t offend, the action scenes are really childish but overall it is quite OK. But for this movie to become a record-breaking blockbuster it should have a totally different premise with different dialogues of that kind that you don’t want to forget. But Hollywood has probably already forgotten how to make this kind of cinematography... (08/17/2020)

The most tiresome and in all aspects most unnecessary sequel to an already mediocre first film in a long time. That the script doesn’t work is perhaps obvious to everyone in this mindless, plastic piece of entertainment. But that even the visuals, the pacing and the directorial ideas don’t work, either, that is unexpected. Major dud. The usually charismatic and muscular The Rock doesn't help either, nor does The Hound, who took on another wild role with gusto after GoT. (12/16/2019)

Totally unnecessary sequel, which is not significantly worse than the two-year-old part, but it still bored me to watch. Mainly because of the idiotic jokes, which amused me at most in a third of cases. Maybe it's because watching a variation of the same thing is always a worse feeling, but on the next level of Jumanji it's clearly visible pattern that it follows. You know exactly when someone will fall, drop a line, which they will then repeat three times in a row. Simply such an undemanding film that it's actually repulsive. I watched the "first one" again at home, also because I saw it in the cinema with the dubbing, but I won't watch the second one. And the disgusting cliffhanger was of course expected, but I won't go to the cinema for the next assault. (12/06/2019)

Jumanji: The Next Level builds on the elements that worked in the first, adding a duo of sclerotic old men with one foot in the grave and a host of new locations and characters from that world. Even though almost the entire film takes place in a game world where practically anything is possible, I found it all to be pretty predictable. Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart's geriatric allusions and demeanor worked on the whole, and for the most part they managed to faithfully capture their generations-older counterparts. The film has a somewhat slower pace, there is a bit too much talking at times, and it perhaps plays on emotions a bit too blatantly at the end, but I still don't regret going to the cinema, as it is a briskly made sequel with plenty of action and more than one humorous scene. (12/08/2019)

A surprisingly good sequel to the first part with even funnier characters, great visuals and unexpectedly great humour that succeeded 80% of the time. The cast was a delight, especially the supporting character played by Hound from Game of Thrones and then the classics Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, who did a great job of inhabiting the role of the senile old men, throwing in one joke after another, I had a huge amount of fun. What maybe bothered me was the sort of simplistic finale, but that just belongs to a teen adventure movie and a forced mandatory happy ending. I was expecting a tragedy, but this adventure ride pulled it off very adequately and scores points with its meticulously crafted story. (12/06/2019)