Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Movie, 2017, The video game, Set in Brantford, 1996 and 2016
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is #4 of 5 in release order and #4 of 5 in chronological order in the Jumanji.
The story
Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle recap
In 1996, Alex Vreeke is given the Jumanji board game, which turns itself into a video game cartridge, and vanishes when he plays it. Twenty years later, four high school students in detention, the nervous Spencer, the football player Fridge, the shy Martha and the self-absorbed Bethany, find the old console and are sucked in as the avatars they chose. Spencer becomes the muscle-bound Dr. Smolder Bravestone, Fridge the short zoologist Mouse Finbar, Martha the fighter Ruby Roundhouse, and Bethany the middle-aged cartographer Professor Shelly Oberon. Each has three lives, shown as bars on their arms. The guide Nigel tells them to return the Jaguar's Eye jewel to its statue and lift the curse placed on the land by the explorer Van Pelt. Along the way they meet Alex, playing as the pilot Seaplane, who has been inside for two decades with one life left.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ending explained
Bethany gives one of her lives to save Alex, the group storms the jaguar statue, and Spencer returns the jewel and calls out "Jumanji", ending the game. The teens return home, while Alex lands back in 1996 and lives a normal life; in the present he is a grown father who names his daughter after Bethany. The four smash the console.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, and YouTube TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Zathura: A Space Adventure, before Jumanji: The Next Level.
- Chronological order: after Zathura: A Space Adventure, before Jumanji: The Next Level.
What to watch before Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jumanji (1995), which Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) continues.
Cast
- Dwayne Johnson as Spencer
- Kevin Hart as Fridge
- Jack Black as Bethany
- Karen Gillan as Martha
- Rhys Darby as Nigel
- Bobby Cannavale as Van Pelt
- Nick Jonas as Alex
- Alex Wolff as Young Spencer
- Ser'Darius Blain as Young Fridge
- Madison Iseman as Young Bethany
- Morgan Turner as Young Martha
- Sean Buxton as Jogger
Directed by Jake Kasdan.