Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
★½ — Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
The fifth entry in the Jurassic Park franchise (and the second in the rebooted Jurassic World trilogy), Fallen Kingdom handed directing duties to Spanish filmmaker J. A. Bayona, best known at that point for the grief-steeped fantasy A Monster Calls (2016) and the disaster drama The Impossible (2012). It was a notable step up in scale for Bayona, working with a $170 million budget under Amblin Entertainment and Universal, the original franchise's long-time home. Principal photography took place largely in the UK, with Pinewood Studios and various English country houses standing in for the film's gothic second-act setting, a deliberate tonal shift that reflects Bayona's horror background (he made his name with The Orphanage in 2007). The film opened in summer 2018 and took over a billion dollars at the global box office.
Volcano eruption? Really? That’s the big idea? This film feels like it was written by a 12-year-old who just wanted more explosions and more dinosaurs doing things dinosaurs absolutely wouldn’t do. Blue the friendly raptor is basically a loyal puppy at this point, it’s laughable. The plot is nonsense, the characters are bland, and the entire second half turns into some weird gothic horror mansion escape thing? It’s all over the place. Trashy, overblown, and just a mess from start to finish. The franchise should’ve stayed extinct.
Rating: ★½ | Year: 2018 | Watched: 2025-04-14
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