Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Film Review

Finished watching Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Mason Guccione, Alex Wolff, Ser'Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan. The film opens with the Jumanji game finding its way into the hands of a teenager named Alex Vreeke (Mason Guccione) in 1996 as Alex finds himself being sucked into the game when it changes into a video game. Years later a group of kids named Spencer (Alex Wolff), Fridge (Ser'Darius Blain), Bethany (Madison Iseman) and Martha (Morgan Turner) all find themselves in detention where they discover the Jumanji video game and once they begin the game they soon find themselves inside the game as the characters Doctor Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson), Mouse (Kevin Hart), Professor Shelly Oberon (Jack Black) and Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan) respectively as their only hope to escape is to complete it. Overall this was a great film as it reinvents Jumanji with it becoming a video game making able to fit within a more modern setting while also give the film an opportunity to explore the world inside the game as the characters find themselves trap inside it. There is a great amount of character development throughout the film as each character is able to grow and surprisingly learn the lessons that they were sent to detention for while also building relationships between one another which leads to some great character moments. The film is also filled with some amazing comedic moments that primarily come from the fact that the characters find themselves trapped as the characters within Jumanji and the situations that find themselves in  which both sets of actors are able to capture extremely well thanks to how well the transition between each group of actors play the same characters. 8/10.