Jurassic World Movie Review

Jurassic World reinvigorates a franchise that was thought long dead. After the lackluster reception of the first two sequels to Jurassic Park, director Colin Trevarrow decides to ignore those films and only reference the first movie. There is much to love about Jurassic World despite its flaws.

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The story for Jurassic World picks up roughly 20 years after the events of Jurassic Park. John Hammond’s dream of a dinosaur theme park with living dinosaurs is finally realized and has been open for a while when the movie starts. With attendence taking a slow dip, the park likes to bring in a new attraction every few years, with the new one being the first genetic hybrid called the Indominous Rex (I-Rex for short).   Like a Frankenstein’s monster, the Indominous Rex gets loose and starts killing people, thus chaos ensues.

Jurassic World’s story is pretty good, but not great. There is a lot of world building for possible sequels with some of it more questions than answers. This will bother some people particularly when it comes to the company InGen’s involvement.

The I-rex is a killing machine

Some of the acting also does fall flat. Bryce Dallas Howard’s Claire is tried to be made off to be this strong leader of a woman, but her character just jumps all over the place. Even Ty Simpkins (Iron Man 3) and Nick Robinson that play Claire’s nephews aren’t all the intriguing though they can be a nice comedic relief.

On the otherhand Chris Pratt steals the spotlight again, this time as raptor trainer Owen. He is a likable character and is the voice of reason. Irrfan Khan (Amazing Spider-man) does well playing CEO Simon Misrani alongside Vincent D’Onofrio who plays a key player with InGen. Giving a sense of continuity, B.D. Wong returns playing Dr. Henry Wu from the first film. He borders on a mad scientist and people will kind of wish he had more screen time.

Speaking of Dr. Henry Wu, there are many callbacks to Jurassic Park in Jurassic World. Unlike some other franchises that like to throw references into your face, Jurassic World does well to make the throwbacks subtle. Most of them will bring a smile to your face. Fans of the franchise will have a lot to like about this movie.

Then there is the soundtrack. Sorry, no John Williams this time around. Michael Giachhino though stays true to John Williams Jurassic Park score in Jurassic World. The original theme makes a comeback in a newer way, with even a nice touch of The Lost World video game theme (which Giachino scored) makes a brief appearance.

Special Effects are pretty solid

The special effects hold up pretty well in Jurassic World. To those who were worried about the CGI shown in the trailers, can rest easy that they were improved. Though there are still some times where you can definitely tell it was CGI.  The dino action though holds up, with the final 30 minutes being a huge treat for everyone.

Despite having some bumps in it’s acting and story, Jurassic World is a worthy sequel to Jurassic Park. Most fans will come to enjoy Jurassic World and even some new ones.

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