The game has evolved.
Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and former Doctor Who assistant Karen Gillan are the brawny and brainy avatars of four high-school kids magically stranded inside a jungle video game in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a very belated sequel to the terrific 1995 fantasy comedy starring Robin Williams.
Amid the rampaging CGI animals and galloping fun, Johnson is a scream as the teenage nerd trapped inside the body of a strapping adventure hero. And Gillan captures the writhing discomfort of the wallflower transformed into a midriff-baring, Lara Croft-style badass, while Kevin Hart is similarly put out as the hulking alpha jock turned into a shrimp-sized zoologist.
Black predictably lets rip as the prissy teen princess, mortified to have been converted into an overweight middle-aged male palaeontologist. But you may find his mincing, over-the-top turn too much of a good thing.
Certificate 12. Runtime 119 mins. Director Jake Kasdan
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle available on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital from Sony Pictures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKs-8ULhmbU
