《Jumanji: Open World》Preview: Game glitches escalate again

- Game of the Jumanji - The third part of the reboot series has released its first trailer, with the official title being - Game of the Jumanji: Open World -.Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black and Alex Wolff return, and the characters re-enter the game world. As soon as new tasks begin, familiar rules break down.The film will continue to be directed by Jack Kasdan and is scheduled to be released in North America on December 25, 2026.

“Open World” writes the scale of this adventure directly into the title.The first two games have allowed characters to experience jungles, towns, deserts and snow-capped mountains. If the third game truly opens the map, players may no longer follow a single route.Mission objectives, role divisions, and environmental dangers will increase, and the team must re-understand the game with insufficient information.

The most important change in the trailer is that something seems to be wrong with the game itself.The reboot series has always relied on clear rules to create jokes and crises: characters have limited lives, skills and weaknesses are written on the character panel, and they can only leave after completing tasks.Once the system fails, the experience accumulated in the past is no longer completely reliable, and skilled players may also make mistakes in the most familiar links.

Dr. Smolder Bravestone, played by Dwayne Johnson, continues to assume a power role, and Franklin Finbar, played by Kevin Hart, is good at zoology and personal equipment.Karen Gillan's Ruby Rudehouse is in charge of combat, and Jack Black's Professor Sheldon Oberon is in charge of maps and other knowledge.The four abilities complement each other and are the basis for the action and comedy rhythms of the series.

There is a contrast between actors and game characters.After young people in the real world enter the game, their appearance, age and physical abilities change. The performance must retain the player's personality and the actions of the game characters at the same time.Dwayne Johnson's strong body may pretend to be a teenager who lacks self-confidence, and Jack Black has also used a completely different tone and attitude to express the controller. This mismatch gives the adventure continuous laughter.

Alex Wolfe returns, showing that real-world character arcs will still have their place.The heroes in the game can perform exaggerated actions, but it’s the people controlling them who really drive the decisions.Misunderstandings, timidity and growth between friends will be converted into level selection, and real-life relationships will also be tested in collaborations.

1995's Jumanji - starring Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst, featured a board game with supernatural powers as its centerpiece.After 12-year-old Aaron and Sarah started playing the game, Aaron was sucked into a strange world.26 years later, Judy and Peter discovered the chessboard and released the adult Aaron, also bringing beasts and disasters into the real city.

The danger in that movie comes from the chessboard to the human world, and the participants must complete the game where they left off before all the chaos can stop.Jungle animals invade houses and streets, and children and adults work together to deal with new grids that constantly appear.The collision between game rules and real space constitutes the original imagination of the series.

The 2017 reboot transformed the board into a video game, and players in turn entered the game world.Changes in media have brought about character panels, lives, non-player characters, and level missions, and they have also allowed actors to play controllers that look completely different from what they look like.The film's global box office reached US$960 million, and the second film was released in 2019, with a global box office of approximately US$800 million.

The second part continues the identity comedy by re-mismatching players with game characters.If the third part continues to follow the same method, it will easily fall into repetition, so “System Failure” and “Open World” take on the task of updating the rules.Characters may not be able to rely on their original skills, or they may be scattered across a larger map, and team regrouping will become the driving force of the plot.

Jack Kasdan directed consecutively, keeping the character relationships, comic scale and action style of the three reboots consistent.He is familiar with the rhythm of each actor in the group scene, and also knows where the game settings need to be explained.The difficult part of the sequel is to get the old audience back to the status quo quickly while explaining the new rules clearly enough.

The Christmas release means that the film still focuses on family adventure.Giant creatures, extreme terrains, and game mechanics provide big-screen scenes, and the characters are at odds with each other and must cooperate to maintain a relaxed atmosphere.The dangers can be great, but the film still needs to have mission objectives and laughs that audiences of all ages can follow.

The “Open World” in the title of the new film also corresponds to the game concept familiar to contemporary players.Open maps often allow free exploration, accepting side missions and choosing the order of actions, while movies must maintain a clear main line.How to make the world appear vast and keep the two-hour story moving forward is the most noteworthy part of this structural design.

The first trailer teased a glitch in the game, without explaining who the glitch came from or why the team had to enter again.This suspense adds new risks to the series: they not only face the beasts and enemies in the level, but also have to be wary of the entire system changing at any time.On December 25th, a familiar team of four will use an out-of-control adventure to test the tacit understanding established in the past.