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Jungle Cruise

Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element. Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element. Based on Disneyland's theme park ride where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles but with a supernatural element.

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Jungle Cruise trailer drops The Rock into the Amazon River

Emily Blunt co-stars as a fearless scientist

by Petrana Radulovic

Jungle Cruise is Disney’s latest movie-based-on-a-theme-park attraction. This one comes from Adventureland staple the Jungle Cruise. Emily Blunt stars as the ambitious explorer-scientist Lily, on the hunt for a rare healing flower in the Amazon. Meanwhile Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is Frank, the charismatic, if down on his luck, tour guide who owns a failing jungle cruise. When Lily contacts Frank for passage, both are thrust into a great adventure.

The trailer shows off the spooky jungle adventures, action-packed fights, and fearsome animals. But don’t worry, there is some niche, park-themed humor, too.

“Ladies and gentlemen the moment you’ve all been waiting for,” says Frank. “The backside of water!”

Get it? It’s from the ride. Like, the narrator of the ride says it on the ride. Look, it’s funny if you have a Disney annual pass.

Jungle Cruise joins Country Bears , The Haunted Mansion , Tomorrowland , and the entire Pirates of the Caribbean f ranchise in the pantheon of Disney live-action movies based on rides. After some delays, it floats into theaters on July 24, 2020. If you simply can’t wait to see The Rock in a jungle setting, don’t worry: Jumanji: The Next Level comes out on Dec. 13.

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Disney’s Jungle Cruise Is Murder

“The jungle,” Werner Herzog used to say, “is murder.” Although Disney’s Jungle Cruise is ostensibly based on the popular theme-park ride, one could say that it has taken Herzog’s immortal maxim as a kind of surface inspiration. “Know this about the jungle,” Dwayne Johnson’s riverboat captain Frank says early in the film, “everything you see wants to kill you — and can.” There are other Herzog callbacks in the film: The villains include the Spanish conquistador Lope de Aguirre (the subject of one of Herzog’s best-known films, Aguirre, the Wrath of God ) as well as an obsessive German aristocrat named Prince Joachim (Jesse Plemons), who seems to sport Herzog’s accent ; there’s even an extended gag at one point about the Herzogian way Joachim pronounces “jungle”: “chonk-leh.” Whatever. I chuckled. Sue me.

Herzog is an odd reference point, surely, but that’s also in keeping with the central tension in Jungle Cruise , between the darker, more intense and exciting movie it clearly wants to be and the mealymouthed CGI panderfest that it is. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra — a filmmaker previously known for gonzo thrillers like Orphan and The Shallows and some of the more compelling entries in the Liam Neeson dadsploitation subgenre — the picture might have amounted to something had it been able to deliver on the one essential element any kind of adventure (even one made primarily for kids) needs: a real sense of danger.

It didn’t need to be this way, surely. The opening scenes show some promise. We first meet the spirited Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt) as she sneaks around in the back rooms of the Royal Geographic Society, looking for an ancient arrowhead that holds the key to finding a magic, all-healing Amazonian blossom called the Tears of the Moon. But it’s 1916, two years into the Great War, and there’s a sinister German aristocrat — the aforementioned Joachim, who may or may not be Kaiser Wilhelm’s son — also after this artefact.

In his previous works, Collet-Serra proved quite adept playing with screen geography, and he brings charm and energy to these early scenes of Lily maneuvering around this place while Joachim pursues her, each of them using the various objects around them. Similarly, when we meet Frank “Skipper” Wolff (Johnson), the captain of a decaying, rickety Amazon riverboat, we see him conning tourists into seeing fake sights such as a phony giant hippo, a rickety waterfall, and a group of supposedly savage natives whom he’s secretly paid off to scare the foreigners.

There’s a Rube Goldbergian verve to these early sequences, and by the time Lily and her brother MacGregor (Jack Whitehall) have employed Frank to take them into the heart of the Amazon, you might be fooled into thinking that Jungle Cruise is poised to recapture the swashbuckling magic of classics like Raiders of the Lost Ark , The Mask of Zorro , the 1999 iteration of The Mummy , or the original Pirates of the Caribbean , with a little African Queen thrown in. It certainly liberally borrows from just about all of them.

But such films were also not afraid to scare us, to make us care about their characters by putting them in real danger. And here, Jungle Cruise sadly falls back on its corporate theme-park origins. It’s a safety-first kind of movie, seemingly too afraid to ever make us fear for our heroes. A jaguar that attacks early on quickly turns out to be Frank’s pet, Proxima (another aide in his many scams). It would probably constitute a spoiler to give more details about other elements that are initially presented as sources of fear but turn out ultimately to be harmless. (Even the supposedly psychopathic Prince Joachim comes off as weirdly cuddly at times, with Plemons playing him as a subdued bore. Why exactly is this movie set during WWI anyway? Were they afraid to make Joachim a Nazi?) It feels at times like the filmmakers are reluctant to suggest that the Amazon might actually be a dangerous place. Maybe that sort of thing makes for admirable messaging (does it?), but it certainly doesn’t quicken the pulse.

The exception to all this winds up proving the rule: When the aforementioned Lope de Aguirre (Edgar Ramirez) and his men, who all supposedly vanished upriver in the 16th century, come back as a ragtag supernatural phantom army to fight our heroes, they’re clearly meant to provide the menace that the film has been so lacking. And to be fair, a flashback to how they got their curse is one of the film’s highlights; if nothing else, it gives Collet-Serra an opportunity to briefly show off his horror chops. But once these villains enter the story, their presence, even in its finer details and twists, so recalls the far-superior Pirates of the Caribbean that we might wonder if we’re just watching something created on the same software as that earlier picture, only with a different set of features selected from the drop-down menus.

Even so, derivativeness and predictability aren’t always fatal flaws. Jungle Cruise could have been saved had it at least provided some decent comedy and romance. On the latter front, Johnson and Blunt don’t have much chemistry. The film has a good idea in positioning them as opposing temperaments — the more bickering, the more chance of a spark, cinematically speaking — but even that winds up being half-baked. In the end, they don’t argue all that much.

Over and over, we can see the far superior movie Jungle Cruise wants to be: a freewheeling, romantic, swashbuckling epic about a couple of beautiful, brave souls who bicker their way into each other’s hearts, all the while facing off against the many dangers of the jungle and a variety of villains both human and supernatural. But it is so not that movie. And the clarity of its aspirations just makes the film’s downfall that much more pathetic, like a baseball player pointing to the home run he’s about to hit and then completely whiffing and landing on his ass.

Meanwhile, Whitehall is given the thankless task of portraying what is supposedly Disney’s most “out” gay character yet. The film still plays it kind of coy: Talking to Frank one night about how he couldn’t get married, MacGregor says that he “had to tell the lady in question that I couldn’t accept the offer — or indeed any offer, given that my interests happily lay elsewhere.” He then adds, “Uncle threatened to disinherit me. Friends and family turned their backs, all because of who I love.” Maybe this could have been a touching character note, but it doesn’t actually do much to develop MacGregor; his confession seems to exist primarily to show what a decent guy Frank is in accepting him. MacGregor, meanwhile, remains the butt of many of the movie’s (mostly unfunny) jokes — a hopelessly vain dandy who pees himself at the first sign of danger. I’m not sure any of this is progress. The jungle might not kill you, but Jungle Cruise could kill your soul.

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Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt's Adventure 'Jungle Cruise' to Debut in Theaters and on Disney+

"The most important thing with our movie was to ALWAYS take care of families around the world by giving you options to watch it," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wrote on Instagram Thursday

Calling all Disney fans seeking Jungle Cruise news: The day has come.

The long-awaited adventure film, based on the Disney Parks attraction of the same name and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt , will be sailing onto screens July 30.

Johnson, 49, shared the news in an Instagram video Thursday morning, revealing that the film will premiere both in theaters and on Disney+, the latter with Premier Access (a one-time $29.99 fee for subscribers).

"Join my ace Emily Blunt (the female Indiana Jones ) and myself on THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME as our DISNEY's JUNGLE CRUISE hits theaters and your living rooms ON THE SAME DAY — JULY 30th," Johnson wrote alongside the announcement clip.

He went on to say that "The most important thing with our movie was to ALWAYS take care of families around the world by giving you options to watch it."

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"Audience first ☝🏾" Johnson added. "Let's own our 2021 comeback as we get back into the swing of life — ALL ABOARD!!"

In Jungle Cruise , Blunt, 38, plays Lily Houghton, a researcher aiming to find Lagrimas de Cristal who hires Johnson's character, Frank, a river guide tasked with guiding her to it.

"There is a legend in the jungles of the Amazon of a tree that heals all," Lily tells Frank, as shown in a trailer released last March . "It could change the world, but if it gets into the wrong hands it could awaken a great evil."

"But you've never had the key," she responds, holding a rock-like pendant in her hand.

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The pair embark on a great adventure , traversing the jungle in search of the tree. Along the way, they encounter various dangers and obstacles — hissing snakes, leopards on the attack and a human-manned submarine that seems intent on getting in their way.

"I've been looking for this tree longer than anybody. I've tracked the legend of every village, every island. Nothing," Frank says. "You're searching for something that can't be found."

"I am not afraid," Blunt's Lily says, as a leopard comes her way.

The film, based on the Jungle Cruise attraction at the Disneyland Resort, also stars Édgar Ramírez , Jack Whitehall , Jesse Plemons and Paul Giamatti .

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Take a 'Jungle Cruise' with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in first trailer for Disney's new ride-based blockbuster

After five high-stakes voyages alongside the Pirates of the Caribbean , an ordinary Jungle Cruise sounds downright relaxing. But the first trailer for Walt Disney’s upcoming summer blockbuster suggests that audiences are in for a ride that’s even wilder than the theme-park attraction it’s based on. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, Jungle Cruise appears to be charting a course for The African Queen by way of The Mummy , with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt standing in for Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn and Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz respectively. (Watch the trailer above.)

Like those adventure-loving odd couples, Johnson and Blunt will apparently spend a lot of their journey together bickering, a dynamic that they demonstrated for Yahoo Entertainment when we caught up with them at D23. In the film, Blunt plays Lily Houghton, a scientist headed into the deepest parts of the Amazon jungle in search of the Tree of Life. In order to get there, she hires Johnson’s riverboat captain, Frank, who boasts about having the “cheapest, but also the most thrilling” jungle cruise on the whole river. Because of the perilous nature of Lily’s journey, though, Frank drives a harder bargain to ferry her and her brother, McGregor (Jack Whitehall), upriver. “$10,000 to bring you there alive — dead is $15,000.” Why the extra 5K bump? “Dead, I’d have to carry you.”

Besides Rose Sayer and Evelyn Carnahan, there’s also a little Sundance Kid mixed into Lily’s DNA. At the end of the trailer, Frank’s little riverboat is about to plunge over a giant waterfall, and his passenger picks that exact moment to reveal an unfortunate secret: “I cannot swim!” Knowing that the fall will definitely kill her, Frank does the only logical thing and raises his rates. “The price just went up.”

Jungle Cruise ’s mixture of action and humor is going over well on Twitter, with many noting the movie’s obvious forebearers.

This aint the African Queen but it looks soooo fun!! O2H! O2H! O2H! The Jungle Cruise Trailer Brings the Disney Ride to Life! - https://t.co/6cFAAJ4ynO https://t.co/MkKlUYsUpM via @comingsoonnet — Demetri Panos (@demetripanos) October 11, 2019

// That “Jungle Cruise” trailer gave me strong “The African Queen” vibes. I knew he was going to say “the backside of water” when I saw him flushing it down. 😂 I’m more excited about it than “Onward” to be honest, but that last part with the cgi villain.. ehh.. not great. — Thomas Summers (@sortedgreen) October 11, 2019

Okay, so it's The Mummy (1999) on a river. https://t.co/Ps7b3G8urZ — Stephen T. (@GoshZilla) October 11, 2019

The characters are so similar to the Mummy, but does look fun. https://t.co/w00wLMiIit — 🎃🕸Michelle Benson🕸🎃 🔜 Scotland Comic Con (@michelleb822) October 11, 2019

RACHEL WEISZ WALKED IN THE MUMMY SO EMILY BLUNT COULD RUN IN THE JUNGLE CRUISE — julie andrews is my religion (@katiethebadger) October 11, 2019

Looks fun. Jungle Cruise meets Indiana Jones. — All ~ Troy (@allabouttroy) October 11, 2019

Also I pointed this out before, but I love the explicit call out to The African Queen (one of the principal inspirations for The Jungle Cruise attraction) via The Rock's outfit pic.twitter.com/ZO7eKjmZVi — Mark Willard (@MarkWillard85) October 11, 2019

Fun fact: The African Queen famously influenced the design of the Jungle Cruise ride . That the movie version is now consciously paying homage to that movie is just the circle of Mouse House life.

Jungle Cruise sails into theaters on July 24, 2020.

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The Rock says he's the star of the movie.

Disney's The Jungle Cruise finally hits theaters at the end of July, with stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt releasing two new trailers Wednesday to celebrate a month until the film's release. 

The Rock's Jungle Cruise trailer makes him the star of the movie, showing off his panache and fighting skills, with Blunt's character making a late entry into his teaser as a paying customer on his Amazon river cruise.

Blunt's trailer shows off her Indiana Jones-ian character Lily Houghton uncovering artifacts about a tree in the Amazon that possesses healing powers.

Read more: Disney's Jungle Cruise movie with the Rock: How and where to watch this summer

After being delayed more than a year due to the COVID pandemic, Disney's  Jungle Cruise will debut July 30 . It'll launch in theaters and via paid  Premier Access  on  Disney Plus the same day, and will be made available to all Disney Plus subscribers three months later for no extra fee.

Until it's more widely available, accessing the movie in Premier Access will cost $30 on top of your monthly Disney Plus bill.

How to watch Jungle Cruise online: stream new Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson movie on Disney Plus today

Take a trip down the Amazon with The Rock and Emily Blunt

It may feel like we just stopped talking about Cruella and Black Widow, but already Disney Plus has had another arrival to its Premier Access paid-video on demand service. Returning since he played the beloved correct of Maui in the animation, Moana, Dwayne Johnson joins forces with Emily Blunt for this real life motion picture journeying down the choppy Amazon river. Keep reading and we'll tell you how to watch Jungle Cruise online now with Premier Access.

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Release date: Friday, July 30

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, Édgar Ramírez, Paul Giamatti

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Runtime: 127 min

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Embarking on an adventure of a lifetime, the witty researcher Frank Wolff (The Rock) offers up his boat - the rickety La Quila - to Dr. Lily Houghton (Blunt), who has journeyed from London to the Amazon jungle in pursuit of an ancient, enchanted tree that is said to host magical healing abilities.

What ensues is a rollercoaster journey through the lush Amazon landscape as Frank and Lily come face-to-face with both the natural and supernatural dangers the forest has to offer. Especially as they'll be competing against an Imperial German expedition to get to the tree first.

Jungle Cruise is the fifth movie to launch on Disney Plus Premier Access , following the recent releases of Cruella and Black Widow.

Premier Access is Disney Plus' PVOD (premium video on-demand) service and is only available to existing customers. That means that you need a great value Disney Plus subscription to watch Jungle Cruise and stream the full movie right now - but fortunately it's pretty incredible value. 

How to watch Jungle Cruise online: stream full movie on Disney Plus

Anyone in countries that have access to Disney Plus - North America, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, most of mainland Europe and more - simply need to head to the Disney Plus website to sign up for the service. 

Once you've done that, you'll find Jungle Cruise available to buy through the Premier Access platform for $29.99/£19.99/AU$34.99.

As for Disney Plus itself, it's well worth checking out. In addition to getting you first dibs on Premier Access films, it features every episode of The Simpsons ever made, all your favorite Pixar flicks, the latest Marvel movies, and the complete Star Wars canon.

You can save 15% if you sign up for an annual subscription, or if you're in the US, for the ultimate value you can take advantage of a combined bundle that includes ESPN+, Hulu and Disney Plus for the outrageously cheap price of just $13.99 a month.

What is Disney Plus Premier Access?

With the world in lockdown, and the shutters down on cinemas around the world, Disney Plus introduced Premier Access in September 2020, initially as a premium video on-demand platform for the release of the Mulan live-action remake.

It's now reserved for the service's absolute biggest movie releases and designed to allow you to watch the latest blockbusters from the comfort of home - whether that's simply your preference or because movie theaters may be closed where you are.

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It's a great option to have and Disney's spared no effort trying to recreate the cinematic experience, with Jungle Cruise available to watch in stunning 4K HDR resolution (Dolby Vision) and offering support for immersive Dolby Atmos sound.

While the one-off $30/£20/AU$35 on demand fee on the face of it seems hefty, it does work out at about the same price as two movie tickets in most places (and means you don't have to splash out on expensive popcorn, drinks and snacks) and allows subscribers to pause the action re-watch as many times as they like. And while Premier Access films will eventually come to Disney Plus's regular library, it won't be for another three months.

How to save money on Disney Plus 

Disney Plus is already cheaper than competing streaming services like Netflix but you can save even more when you sign up for an annual subscription which gives you 15% off the monthly price . Obviously you have to splash the cash at the start, but with so much content to get stuck in to we very much doubt you'll run out of things to watch before the 12 months are up. You're looking at a mere $79.99/£79.90/AU$119.99 for the year .

Or if your interests are farther reaching (and you're in the US), then we'd seriously suggest looking at the fantastic value bundle package . It adds Hulu and ESPN Plus to your subscription price. 

The Hulu element opens up a world of Hulu Originals such as The Great, Upload, Helstrom and Normal People - as well as being the only place to watch Britney Spears documentary right now. Bringing further great value ESPN+ offers loads of exclusive live sport, highlights and documentaries. The combined bundle costs just $13.99 a month .

What else should I know about Disney Plus?

Disney Plus is going from strength to strength. It's the place to watch Loki , which is just one in the latest in a string of recent exclusive Marvel TV series to the platform, with other latest blockbusters including Pixar's Luca , The Mandalorian, Mulan's live-action remake, Hamilton, and the long-anticipated arrival of Black Widow.

The streaming service has apps for iOS and Android (of course), and is available to watch online via the likes of Amazon Fire TV Stick , PS4 , Xbox One and Roku streaming devices .

And finally, there's the new Star on Disney Plus that most global markets get to enjoy and sees the amount of content available through Disney Plus more than double, with a particular eye to shows grown-ups are going to enjoy. It costs a tiny bit more, but is worth it based on our initial impressions - and you can still save big by going with an annual subscription.

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has already proven himself to be perfect casting as the Skipper in Disney's Jungle Cruise . The movie co-stars Emily Blunt , Jack Whitehall, and Jesse Plemons, and will be simultaneously released in cinemas and on Disney+ Premier Access on July 30th. The action-adventure film has been a long time in the making, originally conceived in 2004, following the previous year's hugely successful Pirates of the Caribbean , and was previously delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Based on a Disneyland attraction that first debuted in 1955, the riverboat ride takes heavy inspiration from the classic romance The African Queen , whose odd-couple dynamic is incorporated into the new Disney movie. Jungle Cruise follows steamboat captain Frank Wolff (Johnson) as he reluctantly agrees to guide Dr. Lily Houghton (Blunt) and her brother, McGregor (a controversial Whitehall) , along the Amazon River to locate a flower with mysterious healing properties. Meanwhile, their mission is endangered by a rival German expedition and supernatural forces.

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In a movie that so obviously wants to replicate 1999's  The Mummy , the role of Frank requires an actor with charm and a sense of humor to match their potential as an action star. Dwayne Johnson is a natural showman, evidenced by his wrestling roots. His muscular physique and effortless likability have made him one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars, boasting an impressive filmography that transcends his humble beginnings. Johnson has starred in his fair share of action films and family adventures, but it's his comedic timing and self-deprecating roles that make him such a great choice for Jungle Cruise .

Both Johnson's father and grandfather were wrestlers , leading him to step into the ring himself. He wasn't instantly popular, so altered his clean image into one of a villainous trash-talker. He referred to himself in the third person as The Rock, but his charismatic persona quickly set him on a track to stardom. Johnson's acting career started on shaky ground, with his stunt casting in 2001's  The Mummy Returns  as the villain the Scorpion King most memorable for its dreadful CGI. However, his physicality made him a natural fit for the action genre, developing a more noble spinoff for the character while indulging in rougher characters like antagonist Hobbs in the Fast & Furious series. Johnson's mix of heroic and nefarious characters allows him to bring a level of seriousness to Jungle Cruise 's story and action sequences. He's a formidable opponent for any enemy without relinquishing his likability, with Disney's  Moana  subverting expectations by Johnson delivering a more comedic turn that appropriately balances arrogance with vulnerability.

Johnson is undoubtedly capable of tackling the many dangers lurking in the Amazon, but it's more than just his brawn that makes his Jungle Cruise casting perfect. He is adept at the adventure genre, headlining  Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and two Jumanji sequels. Both franchises were elevated by Johnson's amiable and playful nature. Jungle Cruise leans heavily on comedy, and the Disneyland ride is well-known for its steamboat captains bombarding guests with cheesy jokes. The movie needs an actor at once believable as an action hero but retaining self-awareness to counteract the story's absurdities. Like  The Mummy 's Brendan Fraser,  The Rock's movies  have repeatedly shown his willingness to poke fun at himself, whether as part of a gang of idiotic criminal bodybuilders in Pain & Gain or the fanny-pack-wearing government agent in Central Intelligence . He also lent a suave charm to HBO's comedy-drama Ballers , suggesting his romantic potential as the daring Skipper opposite Blunt's scientist.

Johnson already has a successful working relationship with Disney, and his star power will surely benefit Jungle Cruise at the box office. Had the movie been made 10 years ago, it would have been ideal for Brendan Fraser. It's fitting Johnson has evolved from a supporting player to one adventure movie to the lead in another, given how clearly indebted Jungle Cruise is to The Mummy .

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Dwayne Johnson makes no less than twenty terrible puns in Jungle Cruise , a movie that understands the assignment. This is a movie where The Rock both fights a leopard with his bare hands and also cuddles a leopard with his bare hands. (Can anything beat The Rock’s chemistry with CGI animals?) It’s unfortunate that the incomprehensible plot drags down the overall quality—the next Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, this is not—but if you’re looking for a fun, ridiculous romp, then Jungle Cruise is the adventure flick you want it to be.

Things get off to a strong start with the introductions of Emily Blunt and The Rock’s characters, Dr. Lily Houghton and “Skipper” Frank Wolff. Lily is a combative, Indiana Jones-type scientist on a mission, and her first meticulously choreographed fight scene—in which she bests a German aristocrat played with zeal by Jesse Plemons —is pure entertainment, like watching an acrobatic show in Vegas.

Frank, meanwhile, is perfectly happy scamming early 20th century tourists in the Amazon. His jungle cruise is the cheapest around, and, much like a tour guide on a certain Disney theme park ride, he cracks groan-worthy word-play jokes, like, “The rocks you see on the river are sandstone, but some people just take them for granite.” Also like a Disney park ride, almost everything on the tour is fake—fake hippo, fake skeletons, and a fake waterfall, whose pitiful stream of water Frank calls “the eighth wonder of the world.” Frank is perhaps the perfect role for Johnson’s brand of charisma. If the whole wrestling and acting thing hadn’t worked out, The Rock would have made an excellent Disneyland tour guide.

Lily lures Frank into transporting her and her brother ( Jack Whitehall , in a performance that might have been homophobic, had his character not actually come out as gay in a touching scene) downriver on a dangerous mission to retrieve a petal from the tree of life, which, legend has it, will cure all diseases everywhere. The good news is that she has already stolen the arrowhead key needed to open the tree (sure); the bad news is that Plemons is hot on her tail to get that arrowhead back. Jungle Cruis e wastes no time getting to the chase scenes and explosions, at times feeling more like a Fast and Furious movie than Indiana Jones .

For the first half of the story, it clicks. Blunt, Johnson, and Whitehall are a lovable trio, and the jokes are legitimately laugh-out-loud funny. Plemons doesn’t have quite as much to do as the trailer suggests, but he certainly makes his limited screen-time count. (Paul Giamatti also gets to have fun with accents, perhaps even more so than Plemons.) The hijinks are amusing and the action is exciting. Jungle Cruise is a throwback to the types of adventure films that used to be popular— Indiana Jones, The Mummy, National Treasure, and of course, Pirates of the Caribbean —and sure, it’s probably trying to be a few too many of those titles, but it’s nonetheless enjoyable… Up until the point when it isn’t.

Between the “story by” and the “screenplay by” credits—Michael Green, Glenn Ficarra, and John Requa on the screenplay; John Norville, Josh Goldstein, Ficarra, and Requa on the story; and Jaume Collet-Serra as the director—no less than five people are credited with writing this film. And perhaps because of that, there’s simply too much going on: too many villains, too many ghost stories, and too many MacGuffins. Is it the arrowhead key or the magical petal that Jesse Plemons is after? What exactly is the motivation for the ghost that looks vaguely like Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean 2 ? Who are those conquistadors from the opening scene again? And what the heck does Paul Giamatti and his exaggerated Italian accent have to do with any of it?

It’s impossible to keep track. You want to give up and enjoy the cruise, but the last hour of the film is entangled in the confusing mythos, leaving little room for a half-hearted romance. And then there’s a plot twist that feels completely untethered from reality. Jungle Cruise tries too hard to be Pirates of the Caribbean when it should have tried harder to be Jumanji . Too bad. Perhaps with a little more finesse, this could have been the next great adventure franchise. As is, it’s an enjoyable but messy action flick, and it’s one of The Rock’s better movies—or as Frank would say, one of The Rock’s boulder movies. Like the ride it’s named after, Jungle Cruise offers less than is advertised, and you’ll notice the peeling paint. But go in with the right attitude, and you’ll still have a good time.

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You can pay $30 to stream it at home on july 30th..

Almost two years after the original release date, Disney will finally bring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt's latest family-friendly movie Jungle Cruise to theaters this summer. What's more, like Mulan , Raya and the Last Dragon , Black Widow and Cruella , you'll be able to watch it at home on the same day it arrives in cinemas.

Join Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt on the adventure of a lifetime. See Disney’s @JungleCruise in theaters or order it on #DisneyPlus with Premier Access July 30! Additional fee required. pic.twitter.com/mPiu5qvOJH — Disney+ (@disneyplus) May 13, 2021

If you're a Disney+ subscriber, you'll be able to pay an extra $30 for a Premier Access pass to catch Jungle Cruise at your abode when the adventure movie is released on July 30th. According to Deadline , the filmmakers opted for a simultaneous streaming and theatrical release because many cinemas in key markets like Europe and Brazil remain closed because of the pandemic. Even in places where theaters are open, many people are still wary of going to the movies when they can simply watch flicks at home.

You shouldn't expect Disney to stick with the Premier Access strategy in the long run. Deadline reports the company is looking to "revive the theatrical business." Disney might have more to share on that front during its earnings call later on Thursday. Meanwhile, like the other Premier Access movies, Jungle Cruise will likely be available to Disney+ subscribers at as part of their regular subscription at some point.

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Yacht Rock will feature interviews with an array of musicians, journalists, and critics, as well as plenty of luminaries of the era, like McDonald, Cross, Loggins, and Toto’s Steve Porcaro, Steve Lukather, and David Paich. Other interviewees include De La Soul’s Prince Paul and Yacht Rock web series creators J.D. Ryznarand Steve Huey. 

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The film, premiering Nov. 29, also looks at the comedy writers who created the term — and identified the music genre

As music critic and writer Steve Huey once explained, “from 1976 to 1984, the radio airwaves were dominated by really smooth music.” Once known as soft rock, since the mid-2000s pretty much everyone has called it Yacht Rock.

We’re talking of course about the music of people like Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, Toto, Christopher Cross — pop songwriters at the intersection of soul, jazz and disco who were defiantly uncool for their day but are now recognized as the legends they are. And as an early Christmas president, HBO is giving people a crash course via “Yacht Rock: A Documentary,” which debuts Nov. 29.

Directed by Garret Price (“Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage,” “Daisy Jones & the Six” and “Love, Antosha”), the film features commentary from legends like McDonald, Loggins, Cross and more, plus some of the people they influenced — like Thundercat, Mac DeMarco and Questlove.

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And as you can see in the trailer, thankfully it also finally shines a light on the people who coined the term itself — JD Ryznar, Hunter D. Stair and Lane Farham, co-creators of the 2005-2010 web series “YachtRock,” along with Huey and David Lyons, who co-starred in it with Ryznar and Stair.

If you haven’t seen it, “Yacht Rock” is a slightly absurdist comedy that imagines the songwriting adventures of McDonald and Loggins in the ’70s and ’80s, and their (entirely fictional) bitter, occasionally deadly rivalry with Hall & Oates (who, it must be stated clearly, technically did not make Yacht Rock music themselves). Each episode covers the creation of one or more era-defining songs, with particular highlights concerning Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” (episode 5) and “We Are the World” (series finale).

All episodes are available on YouTube here , but Ryznar, Stair, Huey and Lyons also host the (excellent) podcasts “Yacht or Nyacht,” in which they listen to songs and determine whether or not — and if so, how much — a song actually is in the genre, and “Billion Dollar Record Club.” More here and here .

“Yacht Rock: A Documentary” is produced by Garret, Adam Gibbs, and Madison Cross. Jody Gerson, Marc Cimino, and Bill Simmons are executive producers; Geoff Chow and Sean Fennessey are co-executive producers.