Life finds a way to bring back Jurassic Park movies every few years, even though we are all familiar with the two sentence plot: What could go wrong if we bring back dinosaurs? — run!
I'm an unabashed fan of 2015's Jurassic World revival with Chris Pratt, who delivered that Bruce Willis/Harrison Ford movie magic combo of wit and action hero believability. It was my favorite movie that summer, hitting all the right notes of wonder and thrills.
This year's sequel roars into the theater with the same challenge that the 90's sequels had: Dinosaurs breaking free from the park is a thrilling story, but what do we do now? Similar to the 90's, the new film tackles consequences and animal rights — in addition to all the running.
However, the film cleverly brings something new to the series that was a fun surprise — a haunted house genre twist in the final act that works well.
The writing team, same as for the previous film, and a new director J.A. Bayona, give Bryce Dallas Howard and the supporting cast more one-liners this time around, at the expense of utilizing Pratt more. He is the only one with star power, so there is some spark missing this time around.
Compared to the 2015 film (and the 1993 original), the good guys never seem to be in believable danger as the story plays towards more absurd. While it won't be a classic, it was classic summer fun.
In a nutshell: Dino-mite for escapist fun.
Award potential: Best Special FX contender on Oscars night.
The ten buck review: Worth ten bucks.
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