Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 4K (2017) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX

In a brand new Jumanji adventure, four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves - or they'll be stuck in the game forever.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 4K (2017) Ultra HD 2160p REMUX Review
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle's 2160p/Dolby Vision UHD presentation offers a moderate-to-meaty uptick in detail and color saturation over the Blu-ray, but neither make for a comparatively striking upgrade, the sort of far-and-away improvements where the UHD just blows the Blu-ray out of the water. To be sure, textural qualities see a fair boost upwards. Facial definition is more complex. Pores are sharper, deeper, more detailed and visible. The increase in complexity is obvious both watching the film straight through and when conducting direct comparisons between the two images. The film was reportedly captured at a resolution of 3.4K and finished at 2K. The source resolution certainly allows for added tightness and efficiency of clarity, and the added sharpness at 2160p resolution means a cleaner, more expertly defined presentation. Improved clarity over the Blu-ray ensures that environments are crisper, clothes are more complex, and that hair is better defined at the single-strand level.

Meanwhile, the Dolby Vision color palette doesn't make any radical changes to the film's coloring when compared to the Blu-ray, but there's a clear uptick in brilliance and color clarity. Natural greens pop with increased depth and punch. Skin tones are fuller. Support hues are firmer and showier. Generally, there's a perceptible increase in color density and nuance, allowing for improved accuracy as well as subtle transitions and minute color details. Black levels remain superbly deep and true. Light source noise remains an interferer but never raises to alarming, never mind distracting, levels. The UHD doesn't improve on a reference Blu-ray by leaps and bounds, but it is a solid enough upgrade that UHD and Dolby Vision-capable fans will want to splurge on this superior version.

We went to see this as part of the early screening for Amazon Prime members. I always worry that all the funniest parts of a movie are spoiled in the trailer leaving nothing left in the film. That isn't the case. I was either smiling or laughing the entire movie, as was the rest of the theater. Is it Citizen Kane? No. Was I going to the theater wanting to watch a drama that delved deep into the characters' lives? No, again.

Our 4 heroes are sent to detention where they discover and are consequently sucked into Jumanji. They become the avatars they chose for the game and must complete the object of the game without using up all their lives. They have to work together, as a team. It is so much fun. It's predictable, funny, cute and the most important, entertaining. The actors are great in it, including a few cameos that were unexpected.

The humor isn't too crude, but still slapstick-y and funny. It was along the vein of Shrek, Rat Race, or Clue. Again, if you're looking for deep and can't stand watching a movie without questioning everything, skip this one. This is one of those movies I'll be buying just so I can put it on and laugh.