The concise critics

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Year : 2018 Director : J.A. Bayona Running Time : 128 Genre : ,
Movie review score
3/5

What’s it about?
People try to profit off dinosaurs. Dinosaurs eat people. Other people try to save dinosaurs.

What did we think?
Anthony Sherratt says: Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom asks some very interesting questions and even throws in an unexpected surprise. It’s just a shame it’s all couched within a cliched and boring storyline. When you care more about the survival of one of the dinosaurs than most of the human characters (including, it has to be said, the main two), then you’re doing something wrong. The first half was entertaining but the makers seem to have forgotten the charm of the original was based on the humans with the dinos just being the danger.

It’s not bad as monster movies go, but at the end of the day, it’s a blockbuster popcorn movie profiting off a legacy instead of adding to it.

 

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