Jungle Cruise

Holy crap this movie had some money. That’s all I could think about. How expensive was this?? It flopped, unfortunately. Mainly due to the pandemic. But it’s a likeable and lighthearted adventure filled with action. Dwayne Johnson is a capable, wise-cracking hero. Emily Blunt is perfect as the plucky scientist wearing pants. And there’s a nice turn from Jack Whitehall as the British ninny who gets to be a little deeper than most comic-relief scaredy-cats. Efforts to make this like Pirates of the Caribbean are transparent, so it’s not like it’s super original. But it’s fun enough. Disney should have re-released some of these pandemic victims when the world started to open up again. They deserve to be experienced on the big screen.