Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Danny DeVito, Awkwafina, Alex Wolff, Colin Hanks, Rory McCann
Rated: PG-13 for Adventure Action, Suggestive Content and Some Language
Running Time: 2 h 3 m
TMM Score: 2.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Some Humor, Production Design
WEAKNESSES: Worn Out Jokes, Pacing
Once again, people are sucked into the world of Jumanji, and they must fight to escape.
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Fighting with My Family (2019)
Directed by: Stephen Merchant
Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Nick Frost, Lena Headey, Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Merchant
Rated: PG-13 for Crude and Sexual Material, Language Throughout, Some Violence and Drug Content
Running Time: 1 h 48 m
TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Story, Themes
WEAKNESSES: Follows Sports Movie Cliches
The true story of Saraya-Jade Bevis AKA Paige, the WWE superstar.
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Skyscraper (2018)
Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Pablo Schreiber, Roland Moller, Hannah Quinlivan
Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Gun Violence and Action, and For Brief Strong Language
Running Time: 1 h 42 m
TMM Score: 2 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: It’s Exactly What You’d Expect
WEAKNESSES: It’s Exactly What You’d Expect
A security expert must save his family from a 225-story building that is besieged by criminals and also on fire.
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Rampage (2018)
Directed by: Brad Peyton
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harries, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Rated: PG-13 for Sequences of Violence, Action and Destruction, Brief Language, and Crude Gestures
Running Time: 1 h 47 m
TMM Score: 1.5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Visual Effects
WEAKNESSES: Writing, Directing, Characters
When three animals become infected with an experimental pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist join together to stop them from destroying Chicago.
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
DIRECTED BY: JAKE KASDAN
STARRING: DWAYNE JOHNSON, KAREN GILLIAN, KEVIN HART, JACK BLACK
RATED: PG-13 FOR ADVENTURE ACTION, SUGGESTIVE CONTENT AND SOME LANGUAGE
Running Time: 1 Hour 59 Min
TMM: 3/5
STRENGTHS: HUMOR, CHEMISTRY BETWEEN ACTORS, PACING
WEAKNESSES: THEMES, SEXISM, ORIGINALITY, FINDING A TARGET AUDIENCE
Four high school kids in detention are drawn into a videogame and become the avatars in this humorous jungle-based adventure.
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