Remember when dinosaurs ruled the
Earth? It wasn't so very long ago, actually. 22 years, to be precise,
since Steven Spielberg's revolutionary blockbuster Jurassic Park
left audiences gaping in adrenaline-juiced awe at the ironic parting shot of T-Rex reigning supreme over her new kingdom.
You'd think humans, being such a highly
evolved species, would learn to steer clear of the planet's new/old
top predators. But that didn't stop similarly ill-fated expeditions
from returning to the Costa Rican isles in Spielberg's somewhat
mean-spirited sequel The Lost World and Joe Johnston's
Jurassic Park III (which is better than you remember).
And now we arrive at part four,
directed by little-known Colin Trevorrow, which adopts the premise
that park management has finally gotten their act together and built
Isla Nubar into a thriving tourist trap, renamed Jurassic World.
The name isn't the only upgrade they've made. The theme resort now
has new buildings, new rides, and even new creatures.
Attempting to draw in more spectators, those God-playing geneticists have cooked up a new monstrosity called Indominus-Rex; Part tyrannosaurus, part who-knows-what, all bad news. In an early scene, the park's high-strung coordinator played by Bryce Dallas Howard (not Jessica Chastain) explains to investors the need for new dinosaurs, callously referred to as 'assets': The modern consumer wants attractions that are, “Bigger. Louder. More teeth.”
