While “live-action” doesn’t technically apply to this remake, director Jon Favreau wanted immaculate CG animation to trick audiences’ brains into believing what they watched was real.

Get your adrenaline pumping with the best action movies available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Max, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Disney+ and more Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE.

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