Directed by Colin Trevorrow
June 2015
Jurassic World (12A)
Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Irrfan Khan
This film is pretty entertaining with some exciting scenes but nothing as memorable as the T Rex terrorising the kids in the original. Its main problem is the dull and cliched characters. Chris Pratt is pretty much the same as in Guardians of the Galaxy but he's not allowed to actually be as funny. Howard has an awful role! Her character is an uptight hardass who spends the entire film being kind of a bitch in high heels. Yes she gets to do a bit of action but as the only female character of note (not counting all the dinosaurs!) she is mostly shrill and annoying. Shame the writers couldn't make their female lead seem like an actual real person instead of a movie cliche!
This film has made an absolute ton of money - dinosaurs are the new superheroes! However, it really was a sure fire thing, as long as it wasn't a total disaster. No disaster here, just a little disappointing. There is no one remotely as interesting as Jeff Goldblum, Dickie Attenborough or Sam Neill, and it lacks the tension and thrill of the original too.
Expect about 4 sequels..!
6/10
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