The franchise needed rebooting and this does that with style!

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2015)

After JPIII was a bit, shall we say, rubbish this franchise had been dead. But not anymore! Wisely choosing to not ignore the previous two sequels it instead just glosses over them and follows on the first by setting the action back on the first island and not even giving Site B a passing mention.
Set in real time after the original we learn that John Hammond's dream of a Jurassic Themepark has been realised in the form of Jurassic World on Isla Nublar where it turns out people are not interested so the geneticists create a new monster. Bigger, scarier, more teeth. Meta-reference, methinks, to the fact this movie even exists. It wouldn't be a JP movie if it didn't go wrong and suffice to say that when it does, despite the lack of shock value, it will still get the adrenaline pumping.
The dinosaurs are better looking this time round, ideal since there's more of them, and the cast has a much needed overhaul. Chris Pratt leads as a man who can command Velociraptors with Bryce Dallas Howard as the park secretary. Both do great. The two kids, not so much, but they're less irritating the any kids seen in the previous trilogy. Not that that's saying much!
There's one scene that'll stick with you most of all which is the bit with the Pterodactyl and the Moasaur as they both eat the same person but otherwise the deaths are less memorable despite the higher body count. It's sad when some of the raptors get offed as well.
In all this movie comes up best of the three sequels and second best overall. Definitely worth a watch. 4*s out of five. And it leaves the door open for a fifth instalment as well so that's good.