Jumanji: Game Over

Jumanji: Game Over is a 2021 fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan, and written by Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg. It is the fifth and final installment of the Jumanji film franchise that began with the 1995 film, and stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, Nick Jonas, Amber Riley, Jonathan Hyde, Alex Wolff, Morgan Turner, Ser'Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Colin Hanks, Rhys Darby, Awkwafina, Ian McDiarmid, Ralph Ineson, Brian Tyree Henry, Peyton Wich, Kirsten Dunst, and Bradley Pierce, with cameos from Bonnie Hunt, David Alan Grier, Danny DeVito, Bebe Neuwirth, Rhea Perlman, Marin Hinkle, and Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy; Mark Hamill, Eddie Murphy, Tim Curry, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Bill Hader, Harvey Fierstein, Sean Hayes, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Keegan-Michael Key, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Will Smith, Ben Affleck, Patrick Stewart, Tom Kenny, Jim Cummings, Clancy Brown, Christopher Walken, John Goodman, Cheech Marin, George Clooney, Wallace Shawn, Zach Galifianakis, Angelina Jolie, Joan Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Nathan Lane, Edward Norton, Jared Leto, Topher Grace, Steve Carell, Bruce Willis, Daniel Craig, Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Wayne Brady, Melissa McCarthy, Tom Cruise, Rachel McAdams, Kristen Stewart, Christopher Lloyd, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Carol Burnett, Chord Overstreet, Matthew Broderick, Maya Rudolph, Ray Liotta, Billy Zane, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, John Cena, Johnny Depp, Ralph Fiennes, Will Forte, James Franco, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Josh Brolin, Dan Castellaneta, Rob Schneider, Joaquin Phoenix, Morgan Freeman, Seth Green, Antonio Banderas, Aaron Eckhart, Guy Pearce, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Bergeron, Brent Spiner, Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Bobby Moynihan, Jennifer Tilly, Jessica Biel, David Tennant, Leonardo DiCaprio, Benjamin Bratt, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Wiig, John Ratzenberger, Steve Harvey, Kristen Schaal, Brie Larson, Helena Bonham Carter, Elijah Wood, John Malkovich, Mandy Patinkin, Mr. T, Taron Egerton, John Oliver, Mark Strong, Ben Stiller, Stephen Colbert, Whoopi Goldberg, Charlie Sheen, Kate McKinnon, Neil Patrick Harris, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Tom Hardy, Jim Parsons, Colin Farrell, Jason Alexander, David Koechner, Owen Wilson, Andy Serkis, Seth MacFarlane, Steve Martin, Simon Pegg, Bill Skarsgard, Jason Lee, Ernie Hudson, Chris Rock, Daisy Ridley, Michael Jai White, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Zahn, Jude Law, Patton Oswalt, Rick Moranis, Burt Ward, Jordan Peele, Frank Welker, Louise Gold, Dave Goelz, and Frank Oz as the voices of the game's talking animals (the very notion of which makes Fridge as Mouse lose his patience with the game) and also featuring archive footage of Robin Williams, Danny Glover, Adam Hann-Byrd, Laura Bell Bundy, Bobby Cannavale, Rory McCann, and Mason Guccione from previous films, while impressionist Jamie Costa voices the "spirit" of Alan Parrish.

It's been over 50 years since the game known as Jumanji first haunted players Alan Parrish and Sarah Whittle, but no one knows exactly who made it and why. Now, having survived its latest destruction, the game sucks Spencer, Martha, Fridge, and Bethany back into its world (without the four activating it to begin with) for their biggest adventure yet, now complete with talking animals, more dangerous landscapes, and a new villain, the mysterious "Gamemaster", a once aspiring naturalist who was bullied in childhood for her love of animals, then betrayed by her teachers via expulsion from school, and who claims to have created Jumanji as vindictiveness against her tormentors, and eventually, society itself. Over the years, she has become a near-omnipotent, immortal entity with a real name so dreadful it causes anyone who hears it even spelled aloud to become wrecked with paranoia. Now, the four players team up with grown-up siblings Judy and Peter, who are also trapped in the original board game until another player rolls a 5 or an 8, and the game's animals to defeat the Gamemaster and destroy Jumanji forever.

Unlike the previous two films, where the animals were CGI creations, the animals in this film were created using animatronics and puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, with CGI only used for animating background animals and digitally removing the puppeteers. For their contribution, the Creature Shop received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.

The film was released on December 18, 2021, and was a box office success, earning $700 million on a $90 million budget. It received mixed-to-positive reviews, praising the acting, direction, music and special effects, but questioning the decision to have the animals talk.

Cast
Dwayne Johnson as Dr. Smolder Bravestone, a strong, confident archaeologist and explorer who is Jumanji's main character.

Kevin Hart as Franklin "Mouse" Finbar, a diminutive zoologist and weapons carrier who is Bravestone's sidekick.

Karen Gillan as Ruby Roundhouse, a scantily-clad martial artist.

Jack Black as Professor Sheldon "Shelly" Oberon, an overweight cartographer and scientific expert.

Nick Jonas as Jefferson "Seaplane" McDonough, Jumanji's resident aircraft pilot.

Amber Riley as The Gamemaster, a once aspiring naturalist who uses Jumanji to exact revenge against society.

Jonathan Hyde as Van Pelt, a ruthless game hunter created by the Gamemaster as her personal Jumanji avatar. Hyde reprises his role from the original 1995 film. Archive footage of Bobby Cannavale as Van Pelt is also seen in the film.

Alex Wolff as Spencer Gilpin

Morgan Turner as Martha Kaply

Ser'Darius Blain as Anthony "Fridge" Johnson

Madison Iseman as Bethany Walker

Colin Hanks as Alex Vreeke. Footage of Mason Guccione as young Alex also appears in the film.

Rhys Darby as Nigel Billingsley, an NPC in Jumanji who serves as the primary guide and informant for its players.

Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, a famous Muppet character who became trapped in the game some time after the previous film. Jacobson was assisted in performing Piggy by Paul McGinnis and Michelan Sisti.