Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 9 out of 10 2018
I’m not sure where the Jurassic World franchise goes from here, but as the box office proves Dinosaurs are still a big draw. The film has quickly grossed over a billion dollar mark worldwide.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a fun roller coaster ride
of a summer movie. Chris Pratt and Bryce
Dallas Howard return in a silly and unbelievable story (I know weird to say
about a dino movie). Several year
after the events of Jurassic World they are enlisted by a rich billionaire and ex-partner
of the creator of Jurassic Park to help and save the remaining dinosaurs on the
island before a volcano explodes. What could possible go wrong right? The dino rescue attempt was way over the top and ridiculous –but a lot of fun. Question why
did the creators of Jurassic World build the park on an island that had a possibly deadly volcano? That seems a little odd. So even if the tragedy that occurred in
Jurassic World hadn’t happened the island and theme park would have been
destroyed anyway in a couple of years.
Jurassic World (despite its flaws) was special. It took us to the theme park that the
original Jurassic Park teased us. It
dug into our nostalgia and at least briefly took us to Jurassic World in
operation before all hell broke loose. The franchise will no longer have the park factor
as of this episode in the series. The
action needs to find somewhere else to take place going forward. In the case of Fallen Kingdom that location
is the house of the billionaire which has a cool private natural history
museum. This makes for a great location for
the second half of the film. Like the previous
film this one is full of action and excitement. The twists of the film aren’t really
a surprise and are predictable if you are paying attention. The second half of the film takes place back at the mansion
with a bunch of international billionaires bidding on the dinos in an
auction. Of course all hell breaks loose
in the middle of the auction as our heroes stuck in a dino jail cell escape with the help of a
rampaging head butting dino. The last
part of the film has them scrambling around the mansion with its museum being
chased by a super dangerous new hybrid dino.
This part of the film is super fun and includes some incredible dino
scenes.
If you can look past the awkward, silly plot and story it is
still a fun ride. It just doesn’t live
up to Jurassic World (which also had a pretty silly storyline) I’m curious as to where the franchise goes from here.
Some Dinos are now loose in the wild –others are in the hands of the
people from the auction and then there is the other cloning issue.
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