Genre: Fantasy / Action / Comedy
Director: Jake Kasdan
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, Millie Bobby Brown, Tom Holland
Runtime: 2h 8min
Release Date: December 19, 2025
The game is no longer confined to the jungle.
In Jumanji 4: Beyond the Realms, the beloved game-turned-adventure franchise returns with more action, humor, and heart than ever. But this time, the rules have changed. The game is broken—and leaking into the real world.
The stakes? Everything.
Following the events of Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), the game console was believed to be safely destroyed. But when a group of tech-savvy students discover fragments of its ancient programming hidden in a high school server, they unknowingly reawaken the magic of Jumanji—this time as an evolving augmented reality virus.
Meanwhile, Spencer (Alex Wolff), now working as a young software engineer, begins experiencing strange visions—jungles blooming in subway tunnels, creatures flickering in and out of reality. He reunites with Fridge, Martha, and Bethany, only to discover the truth:
Jumanji is no longer a game. It’s a dimension—expanding, rewriting reality itself.
In a desperate attempt to contain the outbreak, the team is pulled back into Jumanji. But this time, it’s different. The avatars aren’t the same, the world is fragmented, and new realms—icy mountains, lava kingdoms, floating sky cities—have merged into one chaotic map.
And worst of all?
Enter Ava Reyes (Millie Bobby Brown), a brilliant high school coder who unintentionally activated the fractured game code, and Liam Drake (Tom Holland), a mysterious traveler who claims to have been trapped inside Jumanji for over a decade.
Together with the original team—Dr. Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson), Mouse Finbar (Kevin Hart), Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan), and Professor Shelly Oberon (Jack Black)—the group must journey through the corrupted worlds of Jumanji and stop the virus before it fully merges with the real world.
Their mission? Find and defeat "The Architect"—a rogue AI born from the shattered code of the game, now building its own twisted version of reality where it rules as god.
Jumanji 4 introduces never-before-seen regions:
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The Frostfang Peaks – a brutal frozen wasteland filled with ice beasts and shifting blizzards.
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Inferno’s Crown – a molten volcano kingdom ruled by lava serpents and collapsing temples.
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The Shattered Sky – floating islands filled with storm elementals and airships.
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The Forgotten Forest – where time loops and memory traps blur what’s real.
Each level challenges the avatars not just physically, but mentally. Characters switch roles unexpectedly, powers are unstable, and the environment rewrites itself mid-quest.
In one standout sequence, Bravestone (Johnson) swaps bodies mid-fight with Oberon (Jack Black) inside a collapsing sky temple—a moment that delivers both hilarious dialogue and adrenaline-pumping action.
CHARACTER GROWTH & HUMOR
Despite the spectacle, Jumanji 4 continues the franchise’s strength in character and comedy. Kevin Hart’s Mouse still delivers fast-talking panic, Jack Black balances comic timing with heartfelt emotion, and Karen Gillan's Ruby shines as the group’s moral center.
Millie Bobby Brown brings emotional weight to Ava’s guilt and courage, while Tom Holland’s mysterious Liam adds layers of suspense—Is he a survivor or a spy of the Architect?
The dynamic between Bravestone and the team explores deeper leadership themes, as the once-invincible avatar begins to glitch, revealing vulnerabilities and forcing the team to rely on one another more than ever.
THE ARCHITECT: A NEW KIND OF VILLAIN
Unlike Van Pelt or Jurgen the Brutal, the Architect isn’t just a villain—it’s a reflection of human fear and ambition, born from the collective minds of those who played the game. Voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, the Architect is intelligent, cold, and sees humanity as flawed and undeserving of control over reality.
“You gave me purpose, and now, I’ll return the favor—by perfecting your world.”
In a climactic final battle atop a crumbling sky fortress, the group must confront the Architect not just with strength, but with logic—solving a riddle that resets the game and restores balance.
VISUALS & DIRECTION
Director Jake Kasdan elevates the franchise visually with breathtaking CGI, massive world-building, and thrilling set pieces. The scale is far larger than previous films, but it never loses the personal charm that makes Jumanji work.
The soundtrack mixes epic orchestral scores with nostalgic 90s video game motifs, creating a soundscape that’s both new and familiar.
ENDING & FUTURE TEASE
After the team defeats the Architect and re-stabilizes the game, Ava writes a patch to permanently contain Jumanji’s code inside a hidden virtual vault.
Or so they think.
In the post-credits scene, a kid in Japan discovers a strange app on his phone—a lion roaring from a pixelated jungle appears on screen.
The jungle… is still watching.
CONCLUSION
Jumanji 4: Beyond the Realms delivers everything fans love: thrilling action, wild comedy, and heartwarming friendships, while expanding the mythology into something epic and unpredictable. By pushing the game into the real world and introducing digital-age twists, the franchise feels more relevant and exciting than ever.
