Are into gaming? That is one of the first things that you may think is important here .. to be honest it does not matter too much, although there are few hints about gaming and role playing (not that kind, the kind you get points to enlarge your ... skills).
This is as low budget as it gets. I like the actors involved, even if they don't really seem to be much acting. As in they play themselves - I seriously didn't plan on so much innuendo .. on the other hand, if you consider how little they are wearing some may be excused of having certain thoughts. On the other hand you could also think girl power! And having Bai Ling somewhere mixed into this actually strengthens that point.
Special effects are not really good overall, maybe at the beginning with the dissapearing act - but mostly you'd have to really give this quite the break. If you don't mind, this is as mindless fun as it can get I reckon ... never ever start thinking about it though ... you'll spoil everything
The Final Level: Escaping Rancala
2019
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Final Level: Escaping Rancala
2019
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Keywords: alternate realitymockbuster
Plot summary
When an arcade manager realizes her brother has been transported into a dangerous video game, she and her two best friends follow him into the virtual world, battling dangerous creatures and a warlord who will stop at nothing to keep them in the game and make them part of his army.
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It was what it was, no more, no less...
Well, with this being a movie by The Asylum, you pretty much know what you are getting yourself into here before you start watching the movie. Still, I opted to sit down to watch the 2019 movie "The Final Level: Escaping Rancala" for two reasons; first of all, the movie had Bai Ling headlined on the cover, and also because there is an odd chance that The Asylum actually does put something worthwhile out every now and again.
"The Final Level: Escaping Rancala" failed on both levels - pardon the pun. Bai Ling was hardly in the movie for even five minutes, but of course she was the most famous person in the movie, so of course The Asylum headlined her on the cover. And then secondly, this movie wasn't particularly great.
The storyline told in "The Final Level: Escaping Rancala" felt like a watered down version of "Jumanji" with a pinch of "Mortal Kombat" or "Street Fighter" to it. Not really a great combo. And it worked out even less well given the fact that the storyline was just downright laughable.
The acting in the movie wasn't actually as bad as you might think for a movie such as this. With that being said, you will not find yourself in for a grand Shakespearian experience either with the performances found in the movie.
The CGI effects in the movie were questionable. Some of them was passable, while others just screamed 1990s computer game.
And the fight scenes were just wonderfully scripted and equally wonderfully choreographed, lacking a fluidity to it and a natural movement between the participants. Spice that up with flashes of lights and strange arcade punching sounds whenever someone was kicked or punched, then you know what you are in for here.
"The Final Level: Escaping Rancala" was watchable, but hardly all that entertaining. I managed to endure the entire movie, but this is not a movie that I will return to watch a second time, ever.
My rating of the 2019 movie lands on a mere three out of ten stars.
Bimbo Jumanji
The only reason I wanted to watch this is because Bai Ling was in it. And she is, like five minutes. The rest is a really low budget Jumanji rip off, with three hapless girls stuck in an arcade game. The acting was awful, the production values ridiculous. This is one of those movies that you need to be drunk to watch and maybe it will be funny.