What’s It About
Three years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that’s about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinosaurs, while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
As Hollywood continues to produce sequels, we, the moviegoers, are continually reminded of how badly they need writers, directors, and originals stories. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is latest of a continuing story that started 25 years ago. While the other four films have been consistently mediocre, so-so, or OK, the newest entry lowers the bars considerably. I thought this was not going to be a good movie because there was too much action before the title appears on the screen. After that, story, story, story. Let’s explain everything from the beginning. . . Again. So Claire, the boss from the previous movie and Owen, the dino-whisper, are on a mission to save the creatures that Claire’s company brought back from extinction. Trapped on an island with an erupting volcano, our “heroes” try to save eleven species from re-extinction. Claire soon finds out (over an hour later) that it’s not going the way she intended. The bad guys want to sell them and make more creatures. In the trailer at a viewing, someone says “This is the most dangerous creature that ever walked the earth.” This is the same creature we see going down hallways and upstairs in the trailer. We all know dinosaurs are extinct but are we to believe that if someone did create a real-life raptor or whatever, it would be so smart and dangerous it can pounce, run, jump, and attack with agile ease nothing can stop it. So why in the hell do dinosaurs have such a hard time chasing people (in every movie) on land, in water, on hard floors, even on the carpet? Dinosaurs that chase humans are clumsy, can’t focus, and they suddenly have a need to take their time when they have a person trapped. JW: Fallen Kingdom has all that and more, and it’s still the worst movie in the franchise. It’s rated PG-13 for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril (and having to sit through it with your kids without cursing).
OUR RATING – A FALLEN 4.5
Media
- Genre – Action
- Street date:
- Digital – September 4th 2018
- DVD/Blu-Ray/4K – September 18th 2018
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2.39:1
- Sound
- English DTS:X, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- Spanish DTS-HD High-Resolution Audio 7.1
- French DTS-HD High-Resolution Audio 7.1
- Subtitles – English SDH, Spanish, French
Extras
- Chris Pratt’s Jurassic Journals (HD, 12 min): A collection of twelve separate short, spontaneous interviews between the actor and members of the production touching on various aspects of the movie.
- Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation (HD, 10 min): Essentially a roundtable discussion between Pratt, J. A. Bayona, Colin Trevorrow, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Jeff Goldblum.
- VFX Evolved (HD, 7 min): As the title suggests, viewers learn more about how far the technology for CGI has come since the original film.
- Island Action (HD, 6 min): A closer look at the practical effects with some discussion on the shooting locations.
- Aboard the Arcadia (HD, 6 min): More on the practical effects along with the animatronics while focusing on a key scene from the film.
- The Kingdom Evolves (HD, 5 min): A piece on where the sequel falls in the overall franchise and the direction it introduces to the series.
- Birth of the Indoraptor (HD, 4 min): Interviews on the new dino
- Rooftop Showdown (HD, 4 min): A piece on the climactic battle.
- On Set with Chris & Bryce (HD, 3 min): Interviews on the performances of the two leads and their conviviality.
- Start the Bidding! (HD, 3 min): Another closer look at a key scene.
- Monster in a Mansion (HD, 3 min): Bayona discusses how the original Jurassic Park and Dracula (1979) influenced his approach to a specific scene.
- Malcolm’s Return (HD, 3 min): Praise for Jeff Goldblum’s return.
- Jurassic Then and Now (HD, 3 min): A montage of various scenes from the franchise comically presented by shaving cream Barbasol.
- Return to Hawaii (HD, 3 min): Cast & crew interviews on shooting locations.
- Death by Dino (HD, 2 min): Specifically on one important dino kill.
- A Song for the Kingdom (HD, 3 min): Actor Justice Smith, who plays computer tech Franklin Webb, performs on the set.