Dino-West World

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2015)

I saw "Jurassic World", starring Chris Pratt-Guardians of the Galaxy, Jennifer's Body; Bryce Dallas Howard-The Help, The Village, Oh Yeah, she is Ron Howard's daughter; Vincent D'Onofrio-Daredevil_tv, The Cell; Judy Greer-Entourage, The Village and BD Wong-Oz_tv, Jurassic Park.
There have been 3 previous Jurassic Park movies-1993, 1997 & 2001-and this one is a sequel to the 1993 original, at least that is what the director Colin Trevorrow says. This movie is produced by Steven Spielberg, who had a hand in the previous entries. Jurassic World is a functioning dinosaur amusement park and has been running for about 10 years. Bryce is in charge of public relations and gives tours to heads of corporations that may be future investors-Hey, it takes money to run the park. There are dino petting zoos, holograms and gyrospheres that look like a giant hamster ball that lets tourist see dinosaurs up close. There are even tracking devices implanted in the dinosaurs so they know where every animal is, at any given time. Chris plays a sort of dino-whisperer; he has a limited control over 4 velociraptors that he has practically raised since birth. Vincent has his own ideas about the trained dinosaurs, such as weaponizing them to use in the Middle East. Judy plays Bryce's sister that decides to send her 2 sons on a vacation to Jurassic World-hey, her sister works there, how dangerous could it be? BD plays a scientist-FYI, he is the only actor that was in the original movie that is in this installment. After 10 years, the attendance has dropped a little and needs some fresh blood, so to speak-whenever a new attraction is added, attendance spikes. Some one even says that what they really need is something bigger with more teeth. BD gets right on the job and starts splicing genes and creates a brand new dinosaur called Indominus Rex. This new hybrid has features from various creatures that make it highly intelligent; it can change colors for camouflage and even elude heat sensors. Now, what could possibly go wrong with any of that? How about dinosaur chaos with rampaging animals on an island full of tourist? There are a few nods or references to the earlier movies for sharp eyed fans. I have been asked if it is suitable for kids-it is "PG-13"-and I guess it depends on the kids, because there is a lot of people and other animals that get killed by Indominus Rex. This movie reminded me a little bit like West World; another amusement park that has gone crazy. It's rated "PG-13" for the violence and has a running time of 2 hours & 4 minutes. I enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.