Jurassic World

Set twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, this fourth installment of the famous series gained mostly positive reviews from critics. The dinosaur theme park is located on the same fictitious island of Isla Nublar. It begins with two brothers, Zach and Gray Mitchell (played by Nick Robinson and Ty Simpkins, respectively), who are sent to visit their aunt, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), who is the park's operations manager. She, along with many other staff members, are particularly interested in the development of their new attraction, a genetically modified dinosaur called the Indominus rex - the most intelligent and dangerous reptile of them all. When the creature escapes, it triggers a domino effect, and all the other dinosaurs escape as well. Claire and the velociraptor expert, Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) collaborate in order to save the two brothers and the rest of the visitors from a terrible catastrophe.

Admittedly, I've always had an affection for Chris Pratt, which was probably the most prominent reason I went to see the movie in the first place - but I discovered that there was much, much more to the movie than watching him intently and waiting for his shirt to come off.

I expected this sequel to be mediocre at best; a decent, mildly satisfying conclusion to the series. Just like with the previous movie I reviewed, Trainwreck, I was very pleasantly surprised at how well it was filmed and the originality of the storyline. Bryce Dallas Howard played the character of Claire Dearing excellently: an uptight, professional woman whose main focus is crunching the numbers and engineering bigger, better dinosaurs for the pleasure of the tourists. Jurassic World is also a sign to never underestimate Chris Pratt's acting - he didn't disappoint, especially after his mind-blowing performance on Guardians of the Galaxy​. He still manages to be a goofball that has great intellect and instinct.

The only negative point I can make about this movie is the lack of chemistry between Claire and Owen. While Howard and Pratt are both wonderful actors, there was just no sense of romance between the two characters. I appreciate the effort of trying to incorporate something other than just plain action and adventure, but I do believe that the film would have been better without the attempts at the gushy love scenes.

Overall, I wouldn't say that Jurassic World is quite as good as the original Jurassic Park, but it definitely is a worthy successor.

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