Review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) by Jared A — 11 Jul 2018

It's probably too late to mention this, but do NOT watch the trailers. They spoil way, way too much. Many of the movie's best sequences, or at least fragments of them, are shown in the trailers. Several times I found myself thinking while watching the movie, "I know where this is going because I saw a clip in the trailer.".

Some of the action is legitimately scary. Other times, it's cartoonish. One scene in particular feels like something you would see in Scooby-Doo.

The issue with the action, other than being occasionally cartoonish, is how often in leans on callbacks to past Jurassic movies. Sure, the concepts are fun and well-executed, but we have seen them all before.

Here we are at the fifth movie in the franchise, and the filmmakers are clearly out of fresh ideas. They're banking on fans flocking to see the movie solely because it has dinosaurs. I demand something more from my movies, and you should too.

Glad that watched it at home using boxxy software and didn't spend money.