Jurassic World

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2015)

The original Jurassic Park in 1993 from Steven Spielberg was a big hit and like Terminator 2 made big waves with the use of CGI, the second and third films were predictable but fun, twenty-two years on from the first comes this much anticipated follow-up. Basically twenty- years have passed since the events at Jurassic Park that John Hammond originally created, he has passed away, and InGen has opened a fully functional theme park, resort and facility with attractions and genetically-engineered living and breathing dinosaurs, this new park and tourist attraction has been running successfully for more than a decade and is called Jurassic World, it was built on the same island as the original, Isla Nublar. The Mitchell brothers, Zach (Nick Robinson) and Gray (Ty Simpkins) have travelled there to enjoy exclusive access to everything Jurassic World has to offer, but their aunt, the park's operations manager Claire Dearing (The Help's Bryce Dallas Howard) is too busy recruiting more corporate sponsors and looking for bigger dinosaur attractions to maintain attendance. The InGen scientists have already created the new genetically-modified dinosaur called Indominus Rex, made from DNA of several predatory dinosaurs, as well as modern-day animals like cuttlefish and tree frogs, the park's chief geneticist Dr. Henry Wu (BD Wong), from the original Jurassic Park, is keeping the exact combination a secret. Meanwhile Velociraptor trainer and researcher Owen Grady (Guardians of the Galaxy's Chris Pratt) maintains the wellbeing of the raptors ready for further public displays, Jurassic World CEO Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan) wants him to evaluate the Indominus‍ '​ enclosure before the exhibit opens to the public, Owen and Claire once dated but fell out due to her workaholic and his irreverent personality, they inspect the exhibit together, Owen warns Claire though that this new dinosaur is dangerous, as it has not interacted with other species. Owen is also approached by Vic Hoskins, head of InGen security (Vincent D'Onofrio), he believes that the park's four raptors (Blue, Charlie, Delta and Echo) could be trained of military use, but he says that being their alpha means that they cannot be tamed and are uncontrollable. At the Indominus enclosure, Owen and Claire discover that the creature appears to have scaled the wall and escaped, Owen and two other staff enter the enclosure, but this was in fact a trap by the Indominus, who has camouflage abilities, and has ambushed them, faking an escape to make its true breakout from the facility, Owen survives this attack, but the other two men are killed and the Indominus disappears into the jungle. The Asset Containment Unit are sent by Masrani to capture the Indominus alive, but most of the team are killed, and with the dangerous dinosaur heading towards the public attractions Claire has no choice but to order an evacuation of the island, Gray and Zach meanwhile have been exploring the island for some time, they ignore the evacuation warning and wander into the forested area in their gyrosphere, until being attacked by the Indominus. The creature destroys their vehicle, but they get away and survive, and while on foot they come across the ruins of the old Jurassic Park Visitor Center, they also find and repair an old Jeep to drive back to the main park, Owen and Claire searching for them follow their trail, and barely survive an attack by the Indominus themselves. The Indominus continues its rampage, killing many Apatosaurus for sport rather than food, and smashing into the park's pterosaur aviary allowing the flying dinosaurs to escape, Masrani and two soldiers hunting the Indominus in a helicopter are killed in an pterosaur attack when they crash, Gray and Zach arrive at the main park as the pterosaurs attack the visitors, Owen and Claire find them, while armed troops try to overpower the ptersaurs. Backed by InGen security, Hoskins assumes command and Owen reluctantly agrees with him to use the velociraptors to track and kill the Indominus, they follow its scent to the jungle, an attack is launched by the humans, but it is revealed that the Indomnis has raptor DNA, so it can communicate with them to turn against the soldiers. Dr. Wu is helicoptered off the island with dinosaur embryos, to protect his research, Owen, Claire, Zach and Gray find Hoskins in the lab, he reveals a plan to take the remaining dinosaur embryos to create genetically-modified dinosaurian super-weapons, but he is killed by a raptor, the four of them go outside and are confronted by the other raptors, Owen however reestablishes his bond with them, before the Indominus appears. The raptors align with Owen and attack the Indominus, two raptors are killed, knowing they are outmatched Claire releases the Tyrannosaurus Rex to fight with the Indominus, the T. Rex is overpowered until remaining raptor Blue reappears, the overwhelmed Indominus is forced towards the lagoon, where the resident Mosasaurus drags it underwater. In the end the survivors have been evacuated to Costa Rica, Zach and Gray are reunited with their parents, mother Karen (Judy Greer) and Scott (Andy Buckley), while Owen and Claire decide they will, "stick together for survival", it is unclear what will happen to Jurassic World next, the last moment is the Tyrannosaurus Rex roaring. Also starring Jake Johnson as Lowery, Omar Sy as Barry, Judy Greer as Karen, Lauren Lapkus as Vivian, Brian Tee as Hamada, Katie McGrath as Zara, Andy Buckley as Scott, Jimmy Fallon and Colin Trevorrow (directing) as Mr. DNA. Pratt, Howard, D'Onofrio and the rest of the cast all do their parts well, but the real stars are the dinosaurs, including new mutant Indominus Rex, brought to life by the amazing CGI, and there is plenty of action, chases and grizzly moments to sink your teeth into, it is a highly entertaining sequel, almost reboot in fact, a fantastic science- fiction adventure. Very good!