Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

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	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, A Monster Calls)
	Actors: Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy 1-2, Avengers: Infinity War), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village, Spider-Man 3), Ted Levine
	Country: USA, E
	Genre: Action
	Conditions of visioning: 07.06.2018, CINEMA theater, 3D
Synopsis: After the failure of the theme park Jurassic World, the surviving dinosaurs on the island are threatened of extinction. Claire Dearing (Howard) is fighting for them to be saved.
Review: As a big fan of dinosaurs, I couldn't miss watching a movie in the Jurassic Park franchise, as the first one was for me a revelation. I rather liked the quasi-reboot Jurassic World that could talk both to a new audience and to long-time fans like me thanks to many references throughout the movie. Even though it doesn't make sense, I was baffled by the first 45 minutes of the movie with their volcanic explosions and dinosaurs running around (see the trailer). But then I was continuously disappointed by the story and the action. First, the two main characters start as the same point as they did in the first movie, not where they ended, so that they can go through exactly the same boring evolution. If Jurassic World was a kinda-reboot of Jurassic Park, this one is a kinda-reboot of Jurassic Park: the Lost World with the animals left in the wild, mercenaries, a group of dinosaur-lover to counter their plans, an annoying little girl (well this one is more OK), the second act on US soil, Fallen Kingdom even sounds like Lost World, and Jeff Goldblum makes an appearance (but don't be fooled by the trailer, only during the preamble and epilogue). Other nice actors present in small roles are Toby Jones (Berberian Sound Studio, Captain America: The First Avenger), James Cromwell (Babe, I Robot) and BD Wong from the original Jurassic Park. As usual in all those movies things turn bad but fortunately they resisted the urge to go for bigger and louder and rather came up with a clever dinosaur, anyway terrifying. The second act taking place indoors make it look like too much budget was burnt for the opening scenes, and contrasts with Jurassic World that was really mostly outdoors. All in all, for me it competes with Jurassic Park III for the title of the worst film in the saga to date (out of five).
Rating: 4 /10