The Final Level: Escaping Rancala

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Canyon Prince directs. Dante Yore behind the camera. Christopher Cano scores. Mark Atkins cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 7 years ago.
• 3Directed by Canyon Prince, shot by Dante Yore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by Christopher Cano. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor Mark Atkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Jessica Chancellor and Emily Sweet and Tiana Tuttle carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "Jumanji meets Ready Player One.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt11334312 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Only 31 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Dante Yore

Original score

Christopher Cano

Editing

Mark Atkins

Production design

Camila Villanueva

Costume design

Joyce Tatler

VFX supervisor

Glenn Campbell

Runtime

87 min · 1h 27m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

The Final Level: Escaping Rancala (2019) ↗

IMDB rating

3.4/10 · 698 votes

MPAA

Not Rated

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Trailers & featurettes

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  THE FINAL LEVEL: ESCAPING RANCALA (2019) OFFICIAL TRAILER

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• Kamurai2020-07-15
  ★ 3/10

  Really bad watch, wont' watch again, and can't recommend unless it is for a Bad Movie Night. This movie has some charming aspects to it, and honestly a great premise (The "Jumanji" and "Zathura" movies prove that.) The writing itself is even good, but you can see where they had to note things when it went to production. By far, the worst bit of this was the cg, it honestly would have been better to just never show the CG animals and have them verbally describe them. It's almost as bad as "Birdemic". To be fair, the foley for the gunfire actually seemed accurate enough. There are obvious horrible cliches abound like leaving weapons behind, not checking inventory (which they even joke about), and of course there is the wonderful pro-feminine argument where the movie makes a commentary on the stupid outfits the ladies have to wear, but the movie is the one that put them in those outfits (and leaves them in them for far too long). The reason this isn't going to stand up along side its sister movies is just bad acting: the main ladies clearly seem like they have some talent for it, but action fighting is clearing not what they should be doing. The poor fight choreography on this one must have just been happy they stayed on their feet. And it is very clear what they worked on because there are fight moves and stances that are reasonable, but it was very clear that the director was insistent on getting it to look a certain way when it was anything but "generic fighting". They also had a lousy DP, it's a 3d environment that they're in, but they would continually reference 2d video game staples, and not angle the camera correctly for it to be isometric: you end up having "Double Dragon" or "Streets of Rage" style fights that look like "Street Fight 2" or "Mortal Kombat", and there are no weapons or special powers to punch up the fighting. Occasionally there are "team-up" moves, but that's usually just shoving or dancing with someone else. What's worse, is that you combine some of those problems and you get weird situations: falls that are clearly shallow, but treated otherwise, people standing out in the open being "hidden" while they see someone behind a rock, and I'm very certain that one of the characters stands on her dead body after being creeped out by it: she walks away, turns around, comes back and even raises up a couple of inches...it's weird. If you're just DYING for more "Jumanji" and you haven't watch "Zathura" yet, then invite some friends to make fun of this at a Bad Movie Night.

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• Wuchak2026-05-01
  ★ 5/10

  Three women get drawn into a video game at an arcade This ‘B’ flick from The Asylum came out at the end of 2019 around the same time as “Jumanji: The Next Level” and tried to take advantage of its popularity. Instead of statuesque Karen Gillan as the redhead protagonist, there’s Jessica Chancellor, who’s petite by comparison, yet more voluptuous. Although a throwaway flick, it’s a fun adventure/fantasy highlighted by Jessica, one of the most attractive redheads to hit the screen in recent years. The camera doesn’t fail to capture her beauty in a respectful way. Check her out in “616 Wilford Lane” from a couple of years later to see her in a more serious film. Winsome Emily Gateley is also worth a mention in a small role as young Sarah. It runs 1h 27m and was shot in Santa Barbara, which is located 90 miles northwest of Hollywood, on the coast. GRADE: C+

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Production companies

Who made it

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  The Asylum

  US

• CR

  CronicLove Productions

Key crew

• Costume DesignJoyce Tatler
• Production DesignCamila Villanueva
• CastingDante Yore
• EditorMark Atkins
• Co-ProducerPaul Bales
• ProducerDavid Michael Latt
• Executive ProducerDavid Rimawi
• Line ProducerElizabeth J. Cron
• Art DirectionMatthew Withers
• Visual Effects SupervisorGlenn Campbell
• Fight ChoreographerMario Rocha
• StuntsRobert Steven Brown
• StuntsNarayana Cabral

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• dinosaur
• alternative reality
• mockbuster

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2019-12-10

Also known as

International titles

• Jurassic IslandGB