30 Years Later: How a Cult Film Could Have Ended in 10 Minutes, but Lost its Entertainment Value

30 years after the release of this cult film, we are still discovering funny details about it!

Very often, we imagine that the films that accompanied us during our childhood hold no secrets for us because we have seen them over and over again. And yet… Contrary to what we think, there are lots of things we don't know about films and there is always a way to discover things, even several decades after release. Very recently, our colleagues on the site Sensacine have put their finger on an interesting detail which offers us a completely different vision of this cult film from the 1990s!

For those born during this decade, there are many productions that hold a dear place in their hearts but Few are more appreciated than… Jumanji ! Indeed, when it comes to fantasy adventure films, there are few that can compete with this entertainment enhanced by the presence of actor Robin Williams. Let us remember, for those who are too young, that Jumanji is a 1995 feature film, directed by Joe Johnston, which tells the story of two young orphans who move into an old mansion with their aunt. While searching in the attic, they will come across a strange board game and will understand, in addition to witnessing unusual events, that a game is already in progress and has never been finished…

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The 1995 film Jumanji could have been 10 minutes long if the kids had followed the rules

When we decide to play a board game, we know what time the game starts but it is impossible to guess when exactly it will stop. As a viewer of the film Jumanjiwe know that we are embarking on an entertainment of approximately 100 minutes, but there is one thing that could have shortened the more than eventful part of Judy and Peter, alongside Alan (Robin Williams) and Sarah (Bonnie Hunt)! In reality, they just needed to know the rules of the game to shorten the game and put an end to the chaos that was going to fall throughout the mansion. !

In the end, there was nothing that required the children and their two companions to stay only around the table to play. This would have prevented a lot of damage inside the habitat, but more importantly, it would have only taken nine total rolls of the dice to end their game. Therefore, if they had only been concerned with the multiple throws made one after the other, this crazy story would have lasted only about ten minutes, at most.. In any case, this is not the technique that the participants of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle And Jumanji: Next Level (available in the Amazon Prime Video catalog) could have used since this reboot of the series was not a board game but… a video game experience, quite nice to follow by the way.