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This year's Hollywood sequel movies are roughly divided into two categories.
One is the signature type, that is, the new work completely smashes the good reputation accumulated in the previous work.
For example, "X-Men·Black Phoenix", "Men in Black·Global Wanted" and so on.
One is the reactive type. That is, the new work continues the good reputation of the previous one and continues to be refined, but it does not surpass the previous one.
For example, "Frozen 2", "Rapid Preparation" and so on.
Today, another sequel movie is online, so what kind of movie does this movie belong to?
Have a brief chat.
"The Brave Game 2 Fighting the Peak Again"
This movie is the orthodox sequel to the 2017 movie "Game of the Brave: Battle in the Jungle", and all the main creators have returned.
The story is set a few years after the first part.
In real life, several small partners went from high school to university and started their own interesting lives.
However, Spencer (played by Alex Wolfe) is under pressure from life and love.
In the end, he chose to turn on the cursed game console "Umanji" again and decided to escape from this world.
In order to rescue the missing Spencer, several friends decided to return to the game world.
However, the addition of Spencer's grandfather and his friends and the new levels make them at a loss.
What greeted them was a thrilling adventure full of surprises.
Like most sequel movies, this movie is not friendly to audiences who have not seen the previous one. Before watching the movie, it is recommended to make up the work "Game of the Brave: Battle of the Jungle".
As can be seen from the character relationship diagram in the previous part, Yumanji has four main characters in this game.
They are Dr. Yongshi (Dawn Johnson), Mao Zi Fenba (Kevin Hart), Professor Oberon (Jack Black) and Tekken Ruby (Karen Gillan) .
In the sequel, the screenwriter has made three settings very cleverly when the role setting of the game does not have much to tap the potential.
The first setting is to add a new feature of randomly selected game characters.
For example, the role of Dr. Warrior, who was supposed to be controlled by Spencer, was assigned to Spencer's grandfather in the new movie.
Almost all roles were restructured.
The second setting is to join the two roles of Spencer's grandfather and his friends.
This setting not only takes on the task of "reconciling" the grievances of the older generation, but also introduces new characters in the game.
For example, the thief Amin (Okafina) and a horse (a horse).
The third setting is the update of the game's character skills and weaknesses.
For example, Dr. Yongshi, who had no weaknesses in the previous movie, has the weakness of the switchblade.
For example, Professor Oberon added a seemingly useless skill called "geometry".
There is no waste of these newly added skills.
These three settings all have the same purpose: to disrupt the inherent relationship and settings of the characters in the first part, and to give the audience a sense of freshness.
Coupled with the still thrilling adventure scene, it can be seen that the director is confident in the success of this film.
However, they ignore the most needed jokes of this kind of adventure action movie.
Kevin Hart, who played the role of the first comedy, has become old-fashioned due to the reset of the role.
Not only did it fail to achieve the contrast effect and increase the jokes, but because of the lack of quick talk of the black mellow accent, the whole work seemed very boring, and it was simply to complete the task to complete the task.
The rest of the jokes have been wandering on the edge of the PG-13 classification, coupled with the inherent caution of domestic translators, there is no joke.
It can be said that the whole process is awkwardly smiling.
The simple story is fairly complete, and it barely completes the themes of "reconciliation" and "growth".
On the whole, it should be regarded as the second category: it has not surpassed the previous work.
It is set for success, and set for failure.
But the easter eggs are pretty good, and they feel like the first one.
Is there a third part?
The director is ready, let's watch the box office.
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