Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Rating: 3.5/5
A new theme park is built on the original site of Jurassic Park. Everything is going well until the park's newest attraction--a genetically modified giant stealth killing machine--escapes containment and goes on a killing spree.
Back in 1993, when Steven Spielberg's cult hit Jurassic Park came out, the world was a simpler place. We had only met dinosaurs only in dusty books or charmless labs till then. And then they were there on screen in their CGI-meets-practical effects glory and our cinema-going experience changed forever.
Nothing, we repeat, nothing can outdo that first introduction to dinos, resplendent as it was in its Spielbergian wizardry. However, it is to the credit of the bigger and louder dinsoaurs, the film's director Colin Trevorrow and the cast of Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Irrfan Khan that while watching you compare it to the first Jurassic Park, and not its less-than-watchable sequels.
The rest is predictable to any fan of the franchise - killer dino on the loose, people being chomped and other people (read principal cast) managing to evade the dino's jaws (so much teeth!) by their inherent bravery and intelligence.
What really works is the film's meta commentary on how to manage the audience's demand. Like the people we see in the film, we want so much more than just dinosaurs from the franchise. Jurassic World has turned into little more than a petting zoo where people would rather focus on their smartphones than watch a Mosasaurus devour its prey. "Nobody is excited to see a dinosaur anymore," Claire says as an introduction to a focus group. When asked what investors of Jurassic World want, the answer is, "We want to be thrilled."
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