Cut 'n Paste Monster Mashup

Rating: 4/10 (20 September 2015)

Move away from the hype and the Spielberg mark and this is just a by-the-numbers disaster movie. Take one disaster McGuffin, (in this case a genetically created monster but could just as easily be an earthquake or a shark or a sinking ship or invading aliens etcetera) add earthy scientist to whom nobody listens, military Secret Man who wants the McGuffin for a weapon, business type who just wants profit, chuck in some kids-in-danger (always a must), divorcing couple whose relationship problems are miraculously solved by destroying the McGuffin and a couple of nerds to do the 'Tech Speak' and there you go, one disaster movie.
I personally found the dinosaurs had far more personality than any of the characters. Why can't Hollywood spend just a little more on hiring decent writers who can build believable, rounded characters and original scenarios? The actors did a fair job with the material they'd been dumped with but none of them could raise their characters above cliché.
Once the monsters get going it's a good romp with great special effects and that is the saving grace of an otherwise very badly written movie.