Official
Australian release date: 21/6/18. Viewed: 20/6/18.
Director:
Juan Bayona
Actors: Bryce
Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Rafe Spall, Isabella Sermon
Genre:
Action / Sci-Fi
Rating:
M
‘Jurassic Park 5’ starts pretty well,
with the giant crocodile thing & sense of foreboding doom, as we’re
reintroduced to Isla Nublar and what’s happened to the abandoned park in the
last three years. Both Claire (Dallas Howard) & Owen (Pratt) are brought
back in to help rescue the dinosaurs – basically it’s a mash up of the plots of
JP2 & JP3. My only wish for the film – we see dinosaurs kill over five
humans…
They try to bring back Ian Malcolm
(Goldblum), but he’s given far too little screen time, as are the new sidekicks
– Franklin (Smith), Zia (Pineda) & Maisie (Sermon). You sort of get to know
them, and then they’re hardly used. The same could almost be said of Pratt, who
almost seems a passenger in the film, basically phoning it in. Cromwell and
Jones are likewise great actors underutilised. The only one who plays his part
with relish is Eli (Spall), the profiteer.
There’s some good scenes – and a few
frights done well where I had to clap – but overall, I’m left feeling that the
film didn’t really add anything to the franchise or story. Sure, we get to see
plenty of dinosaurs (including a stegosaurus, yay!) for a few minutes, but
mostly its’s spent in a weird CGI-castle. The “bad guy” is another
genetically-improved raptor (didn’t that happen last film?) and there’s plenty
of what I’m sure the director hopes are call-backs, but just seem lazy. I don’t
like how they only pull out the T. Rex when convenient. Still, there was at
least 10 people eaten by dinosaurs, so it’s not all bad…
Overall: Starting to overstay it’s
welcome, but still – dinosaurs!
Gav's Rating: 3 stars.
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