I Watch Films: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Jurassic World, abandoned after the events of Jurassic World, is threatened by volcanic destruction. One of John Hammond’s partners hires people to save some of the dinosaurs, the crew including the stars of the last film, two new characters (fearful tech-nerd, sassy dino-vet) and a bunch of dodgy mercenaries/ big game hunters.

Obviously things go wrong, also people have their own agendas, there’s a new and deadlier dinosaur which is ill-designed for the stated purpose* and it turns out that this cloning technology isn’t just for dinosaurs though that particular plotline doesn’t go anywhere much.

Anyway, much dinosaur rampage. No one in Jurassic Park/World has learned how to keep dinosaurs in cages, and, of course, no one ever will. Good on them. It’s a film series based on dinosaurs escaping, and that’s what we want, and in the end the only way to stop a bad guy with a dinosaur is for the good guys to also have dinosaurs.

Watch This: For a marginally new direction for the dinosaur escape rampage series
Don’t Watch This: If you want any actual discussion of genetics or dinosaurs

* It’s supposed to be for military use. Killing people in the open isn’t a problem for modern militaries. They’re quite good at that. [SPOILERS] The hard parts that a genetically-modified killer dinosaur might help with are 1. Finding a target and 2. Getting into a building or other defensible structure. The Endoraptor (sigh) is probably okay for finding people, though it’s laser targeted and sound activated, and missiles or even artillery can be aimed that way. It’s slightly too big for house clearance (see several scenes where people get away because it can’t get at them quickly) while not being so big that a medium machine gun or a couple of grenades can’t bring it down. The Velociraptor program from the previous film makes more sense (not a lot of sense).