No walk in the PARK; more of the same yet entertaining to a fault - go; enjoy!

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2015)

JURASSIC WORLD (2015) *** Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong, Judy Greer, Lauren Lapkus, Katie McGrath. More-of-the-same largesse sets in on the latest incarnation of the fossil fueled dino-mite CGI express of the JURASSIC PARK films this time set in a rebooted theme park on Isla Nublar (yep right from the get-go with its valentine to the first film) where new hybrid created attractions become a deadly day in the park for its inhabitants when its most lethal dinosaur escapes and make a bee-line for the unaware visitors like an all-you-can-eat-buffet. While relative unknown indie director Colin Trevorrow makes the most earnest effort to be worthy of being in Steven Spielberg's shadow the screenplay collaborated with committee by design of Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Derek Connolly labors to more or less carbon copy the formula of its predecessors: gee what could go possibly wrong with humans in a dinosaur populated environment? Pratt is laser-focused surprisingly ala Tom Cruise but gets by on his regular guy schtick while Dallas Howard's nearly-inhuman corporate queen bee defrosts mid-way thru the adventure to save her estranged, visiting nephews Simpkins and Lapkus who barely breeze by being borderline boring and obnoxious (thankfully they too get to shirk their tropes as pencil-thin characterizations of big brother and little brother). The true stars are again the CGI and mix of practical animatronic beasties (a few new ones, a few old veterans - hello T-rex! and a variation of WTF - raptors with a conscience!)