Jungle Cruiseis currently the #1 movie in America, which means ??? in the age of COVID when nothing is a hit but also nothing can really fail because business is nowhere near back to normal and hey, at least SOME people are turning up to the movies, even when the movie is available to stream at home. Based on the popular Disney World attraction,Jungle Cruiseshares a lot of DNA with its fellow park ride-adjacent sibling,Pirates of the Caribbean。In fact, they’re basically the same movie, butJungle Cruisehas a coat ofThe Mummy油漆在上面打耳。这意味着Jungle Cruiseis bad? Not really! It’s probably not something adults are going to want to sit around and watch on their own—unlikeThe Mummy, which holds up—but it’s the kind of imaginative, fast-paced adventure story that ought to keep kids happy and drive family vacations to Disney World. Objectives achieved!
The movie is set in 1916, because when I think “fun for the whole family”, I think World War I. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt) is a botanist—get it? Lily? A BOTANIST?—who is barred from participating in Science because she is A Woman and it is Pre-Women’s Liberation. Lily’s scientific investigations involve the existence of a magic flower in South America, which might be one reason Science isn’t excited about her, but, if the legends are true, the flower has the power to cure virtually any ailment. Sounds like the Fountain of Youth, right? It kind of is!Jungle Cruiseopens with an elaborate action set piece in which Lily attempts to steal a map to said flowers from a storage room that is like the library scene inThe Mummyexcept bigger, louder, and longer because this ISN’TThe Mummyand here’s one way to prove it: do MORE thanThe Mummy。
Armed with the map, Lily sets off for South America accompanied by her brother, McGregor (Jack Whitehall, playing the latest of Disney’s first gay characters). This also sounds likeThe Mummy, I know, but don’t worry, it still is notThe Mummybecause McGregor isn’t just默示to be queer, he states it out loud, to another character, which would be more of a win if McGregor was played by an actual queer actor who could lend the moment some gravitas. Oh well! Maybe for Disney’s next first gay character! Also along on the trip is Frank (Dwayne Johnson), a hilariously beefy river guide with a little cap and a shanty-boat which he uses to give gullible tourists a rigged river expedition featuring many of the same gags used in the real theme park attraction. Corporate synergy!
Lily, McGregor, and Frank proceed down the river in pursuit of magic flowers, but they are being chased by Prince Joachim (Jesse Plemons), a comedically evil German who wants to use the flowers to help Germany win World War I. I am not being facetious at all when I say that Plemons is the standout actor inJungle Cruise, the movie is infinitely better every moment he is on screen, and it is an issue that he is not on screen enough.Jungle Cruise浪费了宝贵的时间，可能是在次要的恶棍上流浪的，这是被困在丛林中的被诅咒的征服者（埃德加·拉米雷斯）。他与之合并并成为一名蛇人，一个概念用于更好地影响Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest。没有任何反对拉米雷斯，而是暗示征服者只入侵了亚马逊盆地，因为其中一个人对他垂死的小妹妹感到非常难过，这是严重而又怪异的，并没有消除一群关于一群白人穿过一群白人的帝国主义弯腰亚马逊为了利用魔术花。不，Metallica盖不会使这个序列变得更好！
还，Jungle Cruiseattempts to fix the racist caricature of “Trader Sam” from the ride by casting a woman, (Perry Mason令人信服的VeronicaFalcónw),作为一个资本主义chieftess诈骗来的游客ith Frank. It doesn’t work! Lots of misguided stuff happening inJungle Cruise呢他们正在尝试，但是其中一些东西本质上是不好的，无法修复！约翰逊和钝器之间的负面化学反应较少，但在文化上却降低了。这两个不是里克和埃维，当然也不是印第安人和马里恩。他们认为自己最了解的人，他们可以分享屏幕，这是几种类型的类型，互相挑战，以争取棚户船的领导。他们的关系是一种发现家庭兄弟姐妹的竞争。但是，当浪漫主义者转弯时，他们会积极地互相击退，以至于当他们尴尬地将脸捣碎在一起时，我whim吟着“停止”。老实说，Blunt与Plemons有了更多的互动，并且可以轻松地扮演Lily和Joachim作为敌人，而这种敌人的能量是使Fanfic Writers Wild狂热的那种无法引起的能量。
I have been hard onJungle Cruisetoday, but I, a woman with no children and no desire to see Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson mash their faces together, have zero reason to invest in this movie. Have you children, though? Not a bad investment, just be sure to counter the bizarre cultural programming of the Sad Conquistadors with some Real History about the devastating colonization of the Amazon. But as an adventure film,Jungle Cruise迅速移动，从一个动作套装到另一个动作，由Jaume Collet-Serra轻轻地导演，其功效将电影带到了剧本的粗糙颠簸（来自Michael Green和Glenn Ficarra＆John Requa）上。有一些迷人的时刻 - 所有人都围绕着艾米丽·布朗特（Emily Blunt）的不可抑制的迷人屏幕表演 - 和一些真正的幽默感，主要是源自杰西·普莱蒙斯（Jesse Plemons）的喜剧反派表演。很难使殖民化成为愉快的时光，但是Jungle Cruisetries, dammit.
