Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom follows Owen and Claire (once again played by Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard) as they are brought back to the island by John Hammond's former business partner Benjamin Lockwood (played by James Cromwell) in an effort to rescue the dinosaurs. One thing I have noticed about the
Jurassic World era of this franchise is that it is turning the raptors into the heroes, especially considering Blue is one of the few characters I didn't want to see get hurt. It helps that this movie actually develops the relationship that Owen has with Blue, and does it in a way that I found genuinely believable.
Jurassic World had it's dumb moments and its faults, for sure. However, that movie still had strong desire to show moments of wonder.
Fallen Kingdom has those moments of wonder, albeit to a much lesser extent, and some of the shots in the film are excellent, especially in the island portion of the movie. There are some good moments of tension as well. While, I do believe
Jurassic World had its flaws, I found the flaws in
Fallen Kingdom much more noticeable. For starters, the acting is a lot more hit and miss. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard still give good performances, and still have solid chemistry. Jeff Goldblum returns as Dr. Ian Malcolm for a brief cameo, and it is fun to see him back. Ted Levine plays the same kind of military asshole he always seems to play, but he does a damn good job at it. The actress who plays the little in the movie felt a bit off. Sometimes she seemed like she had a vague British accent. Sometimes, she didn't have an accent. Sometimes she felt like an actual little girl. Sometimes, she felt still stiff and awkward. The same level of inconsistency goes for James Cromwell, an actor I usually love. Justice Smith is a good actor, but he did little more than annoy me in this movie. Without giving anything away, some of the character decisions are annoyingly dumb. In spite of having some pretty major problems, I still enjoyed the hell out of
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, even if I personally don't know if I would say it was a good movie.
6 / 10
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