Jungle Cruise 2021 by AverageMansReviews

Jungle Cruise 2021 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/medical/animal cruelty/stabbing/shooting/cutting/feeding/vomiting/drugs/burning/disfigurement/transformation/squatting/decomposing

We are taking a journey to here: Lágrimas de Cristal: our backdrop is 1916 London and this sister and brother Dr. Lilly Houghton/"Pants" [Emily Blunt] and MacGegor Houghton [Jack Whitehall] are in search of Tears of the Moon, but they need a steamboat this is where Frank Wolf/Skipper/"Skip"/Nilo Nemolato/another name is the owner and runner of  "Jungle Navigation Company" and not forgetting his beautiful cat [and on a quick side note other cats with the same name, this will make better sense when you watch this film,] she goes by the name of Proxima; trust me when I say you won't be able to miss her or them. The pacing of this 128 minute film is generally speaking good; but having said that this film has a poor start, I have a feeling even though there are good things happening/being said or anything on screen or at minimum engaging the tone and atmosphere feels juvenile [minus mostly 99.9% of the time Wolf's verbal jokes at the very end of this film Dr. Lilly Houghton/"Pants" gets one in; these were harmless and good fun as it relates to the comedy,] which puts this film on the back foot straight away and consequently it does take some time for this to fade away which in turn what they are left with is something reliably good and easy to settle down with. Okay to be completely honest, it doesn't help when Wolf has such an interesting and in-depth back story and likewise character developments that in hindsight they should have focused much more time on this.

There is a good variety of action sequences; the sky wire going down from high up involving Dr. Lilly Houghton or/and later on between her and Wolf working together underwater to get this lever to move with at some point Piranhas making themselves known; the underwater task of moving this lever also is imaginative art. Speaking of the art there is this pink scene which is really captivating [I can't tell you too much about it, because that would be given too much of the storyline away and whilst I'm on the subject that is why I can't mention the other name as well,] and for a little while in the closing credits we have these pictures being coloured in by rushing colour system like three following water [as this film is based around water in some capacity, I understood the subtlety of the art here.]

Character developments and performances: generally speaking again, because as I have already highlighted the positives of the character developments and comedy, generally speaking they are all good and there is excellent chemistry from the main performers including Proxima.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; for me this film has a rocky start no pun intended [the pun being Johnson has the wrestling persona known as "The Rock"] but I digress; but after everything is said and done on reflection I would have given this film something a little bit higher if the film started off much better, or it focused more on the back story I have already referenced that would have made my decision for me, but as things are this film is a solidly good little film and yes it does have some awards accredited to its name; 3 Winners including People's Choice Awards, USA 2021 People's Choice Award Favorite Male Movie Star Dwayne Johnson. 9 Nominees including Kids' Choice Awards, USA 2022 Blimp Award Favorite Movie Actress Emily Blunt.