By SETH HYNES
Jurassic World
Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’onofrio, Omar Sy
Rated M for violence
Jurassic World is, in its own outlandish way, a worthy sequel to the groundbreaking original Jurassic Park.
In the prehistoric theme park Jurassic World, geneticists engineer a new dinosaur to bring in more customers. But the creature soon breaks loose and wreaks havoc on the island.
Jurassic World is a ferociously entertaining monster movie, but also has an appealing satirical feel unique to the franchise.
The main characters are simplistic yet likeable, and Chris Pratt once again delivers his winning charismatic cockiness.
The action is exciting and brutal, the film has many genuinely funny moments, the new dinosaur (named Indominus Rex) is a terrifying creation and the effects are overall very realistic (though Jurassic purists will be disappointed at the lack of animatronics).
A beneficial side-effect of the characters being basic is that the whole film has an amusing exaggerated feel, which helps the satire. With this film’s park being fully operational, World can more directly skewer corporate greed and excess.
Where this goes too far is in Vic Hoskins (Vincent D’onofrio), the security officer who wants to militarise the park’s Velociraptors. This human villain is smarmy and overblown, when the film already has a great villain in the Indominus creature.
Ultimately, Jurassic World isn’t as good (or smart) as the first Jurassic Park, but it doesn’t need to be, and it’s fine popcorn entertainment on its own.
