Jungle

Name: Jungle
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Released: October 20, 2017
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Alex Russell, Angie Milliken, Daniel Radcliffe, Jacek Koman, Joel Jackson

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Momentum Pictures | Release Date: October 20, 2017 | R

Starring: Alex Russell, Angie Milliken, Daniel Radcliffe, Jacek Koman, Joel Jackson, Joey Vieira, John Bluthal, Lily Sullivan, Lucho Velasco, Luis Jose Lopez, Natasha Pruchniewicz, Paris Moletti, Thomas Kretschmann, Yasmin Kassim

Summary: An enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wilderness lead to an all-out fight for survival.

Director: Greg Mclean

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 115 min

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Alex McLevy

Oct 16, 2017

The fundamental intensity of Ghinsberg’s story is hard to totally squander. When it doesn’t give in to the desire to be a more traditional crowd-pleaser, Jungle provides a graphic and unvarnished account of a genuinely incredible story. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Oct 16, 2017

There’s not much new here, but it’s as engrossing as the better entries in this formulaic quest and that’s largely owing to [Radcliffe’s] charisma and focused self-martyrdom. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Vikram Murthi

Oct 20, 2017

Jungle succeeds in communicating the young Israeli kid’s horrible situation, as well as the camaraderie between him and his new friends, but falls short when trying to visually explicate his mental state. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Sep 2, 2017

Taut and rattling in setup, before losing its bearings in more ways than one as no end of jungle fever seizes Daniel Radcliffe’s agonized protagonist. Read full review

Robert Yaniz Jr.

Oct 20, 2017

Daniel Radcliffe does what he can to elevate the survival story at the heart of Jungle, but the film's awkward pacing and over-reliance on cliche hold him back. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Oct 19, 2017

Madness is difficult to convey on screen, and less is often more. McLean opts for most, sacrificing Radcliffe performance — so alert and responsive that you can feel the life draining out of his body once the Amazon takes hold — at the altar of some empty affectations. Read full review

Henry Stewart

Oct 14, 2017

Greg McLean and screenwriter Justin Monjo faithfully hit the key plot points of Yossi Ghinsberg's 1993 book Back from Tuichi but fail to sell the severity of the threats Yossi confronts. Read full review

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Ergokaptan

Feb 11, 2020

Son sahneye dayanamadım 10/10 Zaten Redcliff favorimdir. Harry Potter da gösterdiği oyunculuk yeter

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bartcbem

Aug 2, 2019

Before the movie I had no idea about the real story behind it. Big plus for keeping script as close to the events as possible. "Jungle" is a very well shot showing beauty and also danger of surrounding nature. Plus great performance by Daniel Radcliffe and other cast members. Definitely oneBefore the movie I had no idea about the real story behind it. Big plus for keeping script as close to the events as possible. "Jungle" is a very well shot showing beauty and also danger of surrounding nature. Plus great performance by Daniel Radcliffe and other cast members. Definitely one of the better man vs nature movies of recent years.… Expand

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LeZee

Feb 4, 2018

Jungle, is not a place for humans anymore as thousands of years ago!

A much better, in fact, one of the best biopic about the survival in the wilderness. It is an Australian film about a young Israeli named Yossi, who went for a trekking in the Bolivian jungle with three others, but had gotJungle, is not a place for humans anymore as thousands of years ago!

A much better, in fact, one of the best biopic about the survival in the wilderness. It is an Australian film about a young Israeli named Yossi, who went for a trekking in the Bolivian jungle with three others, but had got lost and fought for survival. It's 1981, the rainy season is just a corner away, but the four went to find a lost Indian village. After everybody got separated, the remain story told from Yossi's perspective, how he faced the nature's challenges to keep alive and make safely to the human civilisation.

The film was very good compared to what the trailer and teaser hinted out. Radcliffe is getting better with his every new film. With performance like this, surely everybody would accept him in the coming days. So we could see him in big projects, in big roles. Good writing and direction, but it was based on the biographical book of the same name. The film was entirely shot in Australia, but you can witness the real South American atmosphere. Something what bothered me was, Yossi an ex army man, so this kind of survival skills is taught in the army camps, yet he was scared and struggle like a normal person. Overall, it is a good film to go for it.

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TheTacoShack

Apr 15, 2021

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fearti2

Nov 21, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jungle tells the real survival story of 3 young men who wants to add some action and excitement to their lives by thinking "What if we die this time for a change?" and heading to the jungles of Bolivia. The difficulties experienced and the delusions seen by Yossi, who is played by Daniel Radcliffe, are illustrated successfully. If you are into survival movies, I think you're gonna love this one.… Expand

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temptershell

Oct 28, 2017

Awesome movie based on real events. Brutal, sincere and well presented. Very good cast and this movie wasn’t re-colored story as in the case of films of similar subject. It's just a pity that the fight for survive itself was very short.

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Tyranian

Dec 26, 2019

Has some strong moments but is ultimately a quite poorly-executed survival story.

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