Jungleland
R
6.2
2020
1 hr 30 min
Drama
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them.
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- Cast：
- Charlie Hunnam , Jack O'Connell , Jessica Barden , Fran Kranz , Jonathan Majors , John Cullum , Owen Burke
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Reviews
For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!
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everything you have heard about this movie is true.
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The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
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The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
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