Actors: Chris Pratt, Bryce
Dallas Howard, Vincent
D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, B. D. Wong, Irrfan Khan, Jake
Johnson
Rating: 9 out of 10, I liked, but did
not love the movie. It was a workmanlike effort with all the expected thrills
and shocks but this is territory already well covered by the preceding films.
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are very good in the lead roles but the
signature endangered kid roles were glossed over. CGI dinosaurs have reached
the point where they no longer have the same wonder the first films generated
which means the story needs to make up the lack of compellable factor which
isn’t really there. The plot involves a rejuvenation of the park from the
earlier films, including some of the old sets (Easter eggs galore). Pratt plays
the plucky adventurer with a flock of semi-trained raptors. There’s a needless
evil industrial-military game going on behind the scenes which is exposed when
the latest creation – a specially “designed” dinosaur escapes and wreaks havoc
on humans and dinosaurs alike. The film tried to incorporate themes and plot
lines from all three preceding films and this detracted. All this being said,
it was a great little thrill ride, well deserving of summer popcorn status but
it definitely does not soar.
MVP: Chris Pratt as Owen Grady,
cementing his action credentials wrangling Raptors
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