Welcome to the Jungle (2013)

★ 5.0 1h 35m 449 votes IMDb
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A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.

Welcome to the Jungle

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Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme as Storm Age 65 · Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium Van Damme was born Jean-Claude Camille François van Varenberg in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Brussels, Belgium, to Eliana and Eugène van Varenberg, an accountant. “The Muscles from Brussels” started martia...
Adam Brody
Adam Brody as Chris Age 46 · San Diego, California, USA Adam Jared Brody (born December 15, 1979) is an American actor, writer, musician, and producer. He is known for his role as Seth Cohen on the 2003 television series The O.C.. Brody has appeared in the...
Rob Huebel
Rob Huebel as Phil Age 56 · Alexandria - Virginia - USA Rob Huebel (born June 4, 1969) is a European-American actor, comedian and writer best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant. He currently co-stars on the Adult Swim series Chi...
Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal as Brenda Age 48 · Longmont, Colorado, USA Kristen Joy Schaal (/ʃɑːl/; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers and Mabel Pines...
Megan Boone
Megan Boone as Lisa Age 42 · Petoskey, Michigan, USA Megan Boone (born April 29, 1983) is an American actress. She is best known for Law & Order: Los Angeles, The Blacklist and Leave Me Like You Found Me..
Bianca Bree
Bianca Bree as Ashley Age 35 Bianca Van Varenberg (born 17 October 1990), professionally known as Bianca Bree, is a Belgian-American actress. She is the daughter of martial artist/actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and ex-bodybuilder an...

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Wuchak 4/10 Jul 26, 2021
_**Amusing castaways-on-remote-island flick ruined by too much foul non-humor**_

The office team at a label design agency is sent on a retreat to a remote tropical island in order to build character and learn teamwork. When the ex-military motivational leader (Jean-Claude Van Damme) goes missing the urbanites find themselves reverting to a “Lord of the Flies” situation. Adam Brody, Eric Edelstein, Megan Boone and Kristen Schaal play the protagonists while Rob Huebel appears as the antagonist.

The tone of “Welcome to the Jungle” (2013) is similar to “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (2005), just transferred to the jungle with Edelstein obviously standing in for Seth Rogen. I was mainly interested because I favor stuck-on-deserted-island stories (e.g. Gilligan’s Island and “Six Days Seven Nights”) and the trailer looked fun, especially Van Damme effectively spoofing himself.

While the movie is entertaining to a point, like the joke about Pinocchio, there’s too much vulgar non-humor for my tastes. For instance, there’s a “joke” where Schaal’s character, initially opposed to needless cussing, talks about going number 2 in terms of “taking a s***” in the jungle for like 2 full minutes. I hate to break it to the lazy scriptwriters, but cussing itself isn’t funny unless it’s used (1) in an amusing context and (2) sparingly. Otherwise it smacks of lack of imagination, juvenility and desperation. It’s more eye-rolling than anything else and I was seriously tempted to turn the movie off 35 minutes into it.

Van Damme’s daughter, Bianca Brigitte Van Damme, appears in a peripheral role as Ashley.

The film runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in Puerto Rico.

GRADE: C/C-

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