Once the obstreperous mayhem roars across Isla Nublar, there’s no telling whether a chance for you to escape is going to gape into view, or you just run away from the pursuing carnage. These harrowing dangers, and imminently omnipresent threats in “Jurassic World” scream in deafening volumes, enough to keep the awe-inspired spectators glued onscreen for more than two hours.
The movie picks up two decades after the infamous Jurassic park shut down, in the wake of a horrendously bloody catastrophe that swept through the island. A new company has taken over ownership of the park which has been fully operational and open for tourists, only it’s been seeing a steady decline in audience attendance. At the request of park’s geneticists, a new hybrid, called Indominus Rex, which actually resembles a T.Rex, is created.
Frankly, there’s is not much to dig in the movie’s proven-tested but overly familiar set-up. Clichés and predictability scream along the ever impending terror, but that terror itself holds enough charm to cover the narrative defect.
The jaw-dropping cinematography employed to capture the screaming raptorial outrage is unmissable. Once the hybrid escapes, terrific camerawork follows its rampage and delivers an avalanche of eye-popping bloody visual spectacles. There are plenty of rip-roaring sequences, that include deadly chases and battles for flesh, enough to pull your attention away from fully gauging the depth of the story, that the film barely relays to its audience.
This isn’t to say there is really nothing to expect from that department, because as its emotional core, lead actors Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas-Howard, charm their way through their thinly-structured (mostly two-dimensional) roles. Chris Pratt, being the central hero here, has the striking charm and sarcastic demeanor he needs, to pull off his character, while the rest of the supports engage with either nothing or no more than forgettable acts.
“Jurassic World” works best once its CGI dinosaurs begin raging onscreen. It’s a visual blood-fest, teeming with sense-cracking fight set-pieces that get more intense toward the movie’s roaring final sequences.
I’m not really a religious fan of this franchise, and I’m not claiming to be a credible source of comparison between this installment and the past entries. But based on what I’ve seen here, and in so many similar creature movies in the past, I’d say “Jurassic World,” is one solid addition.
RATING: 7/10 (JE)
