Jungle Cruise Review: This fantasy adventure film is entertaining in parts only
Jungle Cruise Movie Rating: 2.5 Stars
Just watched Jungle Cruise movie on Disney Plus Hotstar VIP. So let’s focus on the cast, release date story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons and Paul Giamatti
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Release Date: 12th November 2021 on Disney Plus Hotstar VIP
Story: It is the story of a trio trying to find a magical Tree that can cure all illnesses. In 1556, Don Aguirre (Edgar Ramirez) leads Spanish conquistadors to South America in search of the Lágrimas de Cristal Tree aka Tears of the Moon, whose flowers can cure illnesses, heal injuries and lift curses. But unable to get succeed and due to the curse they can’t leave the sight of the river again and they can neither live nor die.
In 1916, MacGregor Houghton (Jack Whitehall) requests the members of the Royal Anthropological And Diverse Adventure Society, London for access to an ancient Arrowhead recovered by a certain Dr Albert Falls but they refused. MacGregor’s sister Dr Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt) is a botanist, sneaks into the Society building and steals the Arrowhead. While she steals the Arrowhead, she also almost gets caught by Prince Joachim (Jesse Plemons) is an ambitious German royal who is also seeking the Tree.
MacGregor and Lily then arrive at Porto Velho, Brazil, from where the Tree’s location is the nearest and hire skipper Frank Wolff (Dwayne Johnson) who offers the cheapest cruise ride of the Amazon river and who’s perceived to be quite tough and knowledgeable about the topography. The adventure begins but it’s not going to be an easy one. The route is dangerous and moreover, Prince Joachim has also reached Porto Velho. To find the Tree and defeat Team Lily, he locates Don Aguirre and his associates and gets them back to life.
On the other hand, Lily realizes that Frank is mysterious and has been lying to her the whole time about several things. Will she able to find the tree and who is frank and what are secrets he has hidden and how he help lily to find the tree?
Positives
1. Performances
2. Climax
3. Screenplay
Negatives
1. Story lacks novelty
2. Length
3. Direction
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie once released on OTT as trailer looks good and I am fan of Rock movie.
Jungle Cruise story is set during the early 20th century, a riverboat captain named Frank takes a British scientist and her brother on a mission into a jungle to find the Tree of Life, which is believed to possess healing powers that could be of great benefit to modern medicine. All the while, the trio must fight against dangerous wild animals, a hot and deadly environment, and a competing German expedition that is determined to find the tree first.
Story of this film does not offer much novelty as similar jungle and other adventures have been seen in several earlier films. Some comic scenes get a smile to the face but the comedy does not evoke hilarious laughter. Screenplay is light and is peppered with loads of fun and thrilling moments. A few twists in the second half also keep the interest going. The waterfall scene is nail biting. In the second half, the twist in the tribal track is fine but it’s not as interesting. The scene where Frank reveals the truth about his identity is sure to shock viewers as they would not see it coming. My view on this movie Time Pass.
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