Entertaining but more of the same

Rating: 5/10 (4 October 2016)

So it's 22 years after the first park failed it's test run, how does the new park hold up? We follow brothers Zach and Gray Mitchell on their visit to the park, where their aunt Claire Dearing is the park's operations manager. She leaves the boys in the hands of her assistant because she is to busy with the park latest attraction: a super predator named Indominus‍ rex. Claire asks the best ranger of the park, Owen Grady, to inspect the paddock of the Indominus rex but they find no sign of the creature. Can the new park handle this situation of a super predator on the run? And what's up with navy veteran Owen Grady who suggests to use the dinosaurs for military use? And are the brothers Mitchell safe?
Jurassic world is basically the same movie as the very first one, only now the park has survived it's test runs and is open to the public. The park looks great on screen and you can imagine that this is the park that John Hammond had in mind in the first film.
I liked Chris Pratt in his role as park ranger and Vincent D'Onofrio did a good job as well portraying the military involvement in the park. The brothers Mitchell were better left out of the film as there is no chemistry between them whatsoever. I had the feeling they are just there to have the Indominus rex something to chase and Chris Pratt something to rescue. And while the action scenes look great, it's just a run-of-the-mill predictable monster movie with nothing in it you haven't seen before. It also recycles a little bit to much from the first film, including being surrounded by raptors in the entrance building.
To sum up: a mediocre popcorn flick that's entertaining to watch but nothing special.