adventurer seeking the mythical tree of life, with which she hopes to benefit mankind. dwayne the rock johnson is frank wolff, the steamboat skipper who agrees to provide passage through the amazon rivers, but who has an agenda of his own. my brother and i are looking for passage upriver. please go away. i have a lot of money. directed by jaume collet serra, whose cv includes a string of liam neeson actioners, alongside the stripped down shark attack thriller the shallows, jungle cruise is romping popcorn entertainment, tailor made for the summer movie market. there are debts to the stop motion monsters of the old ray harryhausen movies and a knowing nod to the 80s adventure romancing the stone, but it s the cast that really makes this fly. come on, lady.