Jurassic World
Director: Collin Trevorrow
Cast Headliners: Chris Pratt, Bryce-Dallas Howard
Original Release Date: June 12th, 2015
When one sees the word “Jurassic”, in this
case with “world”, on a movie poster they know what to expect. A situation goes
wrong and dinosaurs cause shenanigans in the modern world. Jurassic World doesn’t deviate very much from this
formula but offers a fun blockbuster doing exactly what it says on the cover.
The film smartly serves as a direct successor to the original
film (sorry 2 and 3 fans ) by showing what has happened to the park twenty
years after the original. Jurassic Park is now Jurassic World and it is a
hopping tourist attraction since they must have done a dang good job convincing
the public things would be ok this time.
Children ride baby triceratops as rides and guests kayak peacefully down
rivers next to herbivore dinosaurs. Things are going great which is a first for
this franchise. To this park comes
brothers Zach (Nick Robinson) and Grey (Ty Simpkins) to see their aunt Claire
(Bryce Dallas Howard) who runs the park’s divisions.
Clare has to deal with the experimentation done to make a
new attraction in the fearsome D-rex genetic mutant. She enlists the help of velociraptor
trainer Owen (Chris Pratt) when things begin to go awry as they often do. Clare and Owen are a pretty solid main cast
and especially it’s Pratt who brings his trademark charisma and even a special
level of awesome to this role. There’s a
fair share of other great humor from side characters like Jake Johnson as a
tech support member of the park who loves dinosaurs in a hyper fan way and
Vincent D’Onofrio as brutish security lead Vic Hoskins.
But while as witty and savvy the dialogue is and shiny
the titular creatures are it is admittedly more of the same . The roles of the
original film are all filled in this and even similar sequences appear at
times. It cashes in on references and
nostalgia to a mostly good but definitely noticeable effect.
There’s laughs and scares and cool moments but it could
have used with some more of the sense of mystery it tries to capture from the
original. It appears at times in somber moments but isn’t here enough.
Regardless, the action sequences and especially the final battles are thrilling
and it’s overall a fun and well crafted movie. 8 out of 10
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