single take underwater se-
quence, but the script is a turd
no filmmaker could success-
fully polish. A reliance on telling
over showing dogs the film, like
how we’re told the brand new
dinosaur creation, the ‘Indo-
Raptor’, is the most intelligent
and deadly dino ever created,
only for the film to never subse-
quently show us anything that
comes close to backing up this
claim. It just looks like a small
T-Rex to my eyes, and in one of
the more ridiculous moments
of a very ridiculous movie, it
fails to muster the strength to
break through the thin balsa
wood door a character seeks
refuge behind. Could this be an
analogy for contemporary Hol-
lywood, which has been telling
us its product is getting bigger
and better all the time with very
little evidence to back up such
boasts?
w
Jurassic World:
Fallen Kingdom
2 stars out of 5
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Starring:
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Bryce Dallas Howard,
Chris Pratt, Jeff Goldblum,
Ted Levine, James Cromwell,
Toby Jones, BD Wong
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