Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

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Usually during the family summer vacation, we don't venture out too much.  Typically we are there to spend time together in the woods and just relax and enjoy each other's company.  This year it was too hot.  Just, too hot.  One of my sisters and I decided to beat the heat by going to a very specific museum.   Apparently this museum is only open in four hour increments, two days a week.


Not to be deterred from getting out of the summer heat, we decided to go to the movies instead.  Enter Jurassic World. 


The movie itself overall is about what you'd expect from the franchise.  Humans thinking they know better than mother nature and bad things happen.  In this iteration, the dinosaurs that were left on the island is Jurassic World are going to die because of an erupting volcano.  Claire and Owen are recruited to go and help catch Blue (who is apparently a super raptor this time around), in order to ensure the continuation of the species.


Turns out (gasp) that the people who hired them are actually nefarious black market dealers who are going to sell off the dinos to the highest bidder.  This includes a genetically modified hybrid raptor that is literally laser trained to kill and can be used as a weapon of war.


If you're rolling your eyes at this point, I don't blame you.  The whole premise is ludicrous.  But you didn't go to see Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom for its scientific accuracy or believability. 


Overall this is a decent action movie.  The effects are what you've come to expect and even though technology has certainly evolved over the last few years, it's amazing to me how similar the feel of the dinosaurs are to the original dinos in the first Jurassic Park movie all those years ago.


They didn't redesign the wheel with this one, but it's an enjoyable couple of hours.  If you liked the others, you'll enjoy this one as well.  Sometimes sequels are a little difficult to get through, but that's not the case here. 


And they've totally set us up for the third movie which should be very interesting to see how they pull it off.