Review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) by Mikhael R — 22 Jun 2018

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom left me honestly surprised which is far more than what I expected going into this. As a Summer Popcorn Blockbuster, it does it's job well and is definitely entertaining and I'm sure many casual movie-goers will get a kick out of this, especially the kids who are dinosaur lovers. However as the fifth sequel in this franchise it also serves as a step forwards into different territory. The park is gone after this film and where the ending has left this series is really refreshing after four films which more or less repeated the same formula. The moral questions of which species is the real monster, Humans or Dinosaurs is played upon as is the title, Fallen Kingdom. At the beginning of this film it's depicted that it is the Dinosaurs kingdom that's falling however by the end of it, it may very well be our kingdom that is about to fall.

As someone who loved the first Jurassic World, this was a solid follow-up with some fantastic sequences throughout and whilst the acting is at times sub-par by certain actors (not dropping names) it is still a thrilling watch and the Indoraptor is indeed the best villain in Jurassic Park since the Original T-Rex and the Indominus Rex and the entire final sequence of this film really depicted how blood-curdlingly vicious it was. I'm also VERY glad that there are NO SJW moments in this film. None. It was a breath of fresh air being able to watch a film in 2018 with no political agenda, everyone in my packed cinema enjoyed it all the more for it and of course the characters were stronger for it too it. I'm interested in seeing how the next Jurassic World will wrap up this trilogy.