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Saturday, March 28, 2020

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Jumanji 3, like it's predecessors,  combines fantasy action and adventure with some comedy, a touch of romance, and real-life lessons about courage, friendship, and empathy—all with the help of some low-key race and gender fluidity. 
At the end of the last film, the four high school students who has gotten magically pulled into an old-school video game console and found themselves turned into archetypal adventurers, were so happy to get home that they smashed the game. But apparently the movie made enough money that a sequel was desirable, and so the game became operational again, and this time the now-college-age kids are joined by a couple of geriatric friends.
Since they beat a level of the game in the last movie, they are on the next level (get it), which is harder, but then again they have more experience.  It is surprisingly enjoyable to watch, although to be clear, I have an unexplained weakness for Dwayne Johnson, so there is that.

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