Welcome to the Jungle (2013)

A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.

Director:

Rob Meltzer

Writer:

Jeff Kauffmann

Stars:

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody, Rob Huebel

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Storm
Adam Brody	...	Chris
Rob Huebel	...	Phil
Megan Boone	...	Lisa
Kristen Schaal	...	Brenda
Dennis Haysbert	...	Mr. Palmer
Aaron Takahashi	...	Troy
Eric Edelstein	...	Jared
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Juan C. Defendini	...	Javier
Zev Glassenberg	...	Javier
Tommy Kavelin	...	Bob Krayton
Michael J. Morris	...	Michael
Teeadora Paz	...	Stephanie (as Stephanie Lopez)
Robert Peters	...	Dale
John Piñero	...	Buddy the Pilot

Storyline

A company retreat on a tropical island goes terribly awry.

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Plot Keywords:

tropical island | female frontal nudity | stranded | rescue | severed finger | 

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Taglines:

Not your typical day at the office.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Puerto Rico USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 2014 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Bem Vindo À Selva

Filming Locations:

Puerto Rico

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Salt Company International, Pimienta, 120dB Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the aliases (François Van Varenberg) Jean-Claude Van Damme is accused of being an impersonator is actually his real name .

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Goofs

The passengers do not wear, nor are they even provided, seat belts. This is against the US Federal Aviation Regulations,

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Quotes

Troy: [practicing his primal scream] Not every Asian kid needs to have violin lessons, mom! I wanted to play baseball!

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Connections

Referenced in The Game: Welcome to the Jungle (2013)

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Soundtracks

Karate
Written by Jack Kennedy, Count Da Money
Performed by Kennedy

User Reviews

Few hilarious scenes; nothing great

Welcome to the Jungle is a story that tries to entertain the viewer with some hilarious comedy scenes; especially involving Jean-Claude Van Damme. The interpersonal relationship between the various actors was not interesting, and the simplicity of the shift from rational to "primitive" was hardly aptly presented or explained. Overall the acting was below par, without any attempt at building a serious character (again with JCVD being the exception).

The plot is a group are sent on a retreat to learn team skills. After a few incidents, they are trapped on the island. The island splits into two factions and the main character learns how to stand up for himself.

The movie plays into typical alpha-male scenarios with little to nothing to offer, and the consistent rape jokes are tasteless, while providing little except to re-enforce the alpha-male stereotype with the subversive male having to defeat him in order to get his "prize".

The music and imagery in the movie are well done, and do set the mood for the various scenes, regardless of how the acting was.The simplicity of the plot wouldn't have garnered a watch in most cases, but there are a few scenes with JCVD that are hilarious. If you can watch them separately, skip this movie. Due to the few entertaining scenes and well produced audio/video, I would rate this a 4; otherwise I wouldn't bother even raising it over a 2.

There might be some people who like it, but it was not appealing to me.