PREVIEW: Jungle Cruise (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dwayne Johnson (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Édgar Ramírez (Zero Dark Thirty), Jack Whitehall (The Bad Education Movie), Jesse Plemons (Judas and the Black Messiah), Paul Giamatti (Sideways), Andy Nyman (Ghost Stories), Quim Gutiérrez (Three Many Weddings), Dani Rovira (100 Meters), Veronica Falcón (Days of Grace), Simone Lockhart (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows), Glenn Ficara (I Love You Phillip Morris), Michael Green (Logan) and John Requa (Bad Santa), writers; John Davis (I, Robot), Beau Flynn (Skyscraper), John Fox (Game Night), Dany Garcia (Snitch), Hiram Garcia (Rampage) and Dwayne Johnson (Fighting with My Family), producers; James Newton Howard (King Kong), composer; Flavio Martínez Labiano (Non-Stop), cinematographer; Joel Negron (21 Jump Street), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the early 20th century, struggling riverboat captain Frank Wolff (Johnson) is approached by British scientist Dr. Lily Houghton (Blunt) to assist her and her brother McGregor (Whitehall) on a journey through the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled tree said to possess healing powers. Tempted by their promise of a big payday, Wolff leads Houghton on an epic quest where they come across wild and dangerous animals, an impossibly hot climate, and a rival German expedition who wants to harness the tree’s powers for more nefarious purposes…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Inspired by the classic Disneyland ride, Jungle Cruise is a good old-fashioned action-adventure caper that boasts the immeasurable charm of its leads Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH JULY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND ON DISNEY+ PREMIER ACCESS

 

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