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When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
Once again, dinosaurs roam the Earth.
It’s been three years since I saw “Jurassic World” and now the new sequel officially comes to my eyes. Director J.A. Bayona, known for directing “The Impossible” and “A Monster Calls,” makes his first non-horror feature film, but he does add some suspense to it. The returning cast of Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and the legendary Jeff Goldblum, who returns the favor from “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” have climbed on board for this anticipated Jurassic Park/World sequel.
This film centers two former “Jurassic World” workers, Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), who are trying to rescue their dinosaurs and their species from the impending doom of a volcanic eruption. Along with the two handy helpers (portrayed by Justice Smith and Danielle Pineda), they have rescued and brought to the island, a man who was in charge of the dinosaur rescue mission and reveals his plan to sell dinosaurs for profit. The four must stop him from selling them and set them free to the world while facing a new dinosaur called Indoraptor.
The movie itself is okay as I enjoyed most of the scenes. Pratt and Howard form a character relationship and the funniest, yet surprising suspense comes from the dinosaurs. This suspense reminds us of the events of “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” as the film involves the ambitions of the villain(s).
I also enjoyed the performances of Rafe Spall, B.D. Wong, and Isabella Sermon. Spall does a good job with his juicy role. In addition, I heavily enjoyed the performance of the English actor Toby Jones and the duo of Justice Smith and Danielle Pineda. Jones and Smith give all the surprising laughs ever in this film. Even the director, J.A. Bayona, can make this happen if he knows what comedy is.
Although I didn’t enjoy this movie because of the usage of volcano eruptions, lazy writings, the producers, and the director taking away the original sensations from the first “Jurassic Park” film and “Jurassic World.” It really ruined my spirits of “Jurassic Park.” This film falls under the average town when it comes to dinosaur movies.
As I mentioned earlier, this film seems okay, but I don’t mind seeing another sequel as long as they put something good that familiarizes the nature from the original “Jurassic World” movie back into its place rather than adding something new. I cannot say it’s a bad film or a one-out-of-five-star film. I can watch this, but I’ll save my excitement for “Incredibles 2” as well as going back to watch the original “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic World.” You have the option between any sequels.
Remember what Jeff Goldblum said, “Life will find a way.”
In theaters Friday, June 22nd
