If this had been the film that revived the “Jumanji” film franchise two years ago, it’s quite likely this would have been a review on some other sequel to a reimagined movie series (or a live-action remake of an old Disney cartoon, or another comic book-based action flick). But “Jumanji: The Next Level” is not even in the same league as 2017’s “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” – a fantastic surprise just in time for Christmas that year that blew audiences away with its creative take on a lackluster but popular and largely forgotten film from the 1990s. Nevermind the massive box office success of “The Next Level” for its opening last weekend ($60.1 million in the U.S., $213 million globally). Most of that is probably the result of goodwill engendered from “Welcome to the Jungle”.

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