Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
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As a volcanic eruption threatens the island of Isla Nublar, a group must decide whether to save the remaining dinosaurs or let them perish.
The story
Six months after the events of the previous film, a mercenary team arrives on the abandoned Isla Nublar to collect DNA from the remains of the Indominus rex. Simultaneously, a U.S. Senate committee debates the fate of the island's dinosaurs as a volcanic eruption looms. Claire Dearing forms the Dinosaur Protection Group to save the animals, and she recruits Owen Grady to help her locate the last surviving Velociraptor, Blue. As the volcano begins to erupt, the group faces a desperate race against time to rescue the dinosaurs from the island and transport them to safety, while discovering the ulterior motives of those seeking to exploit them.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Following the death of the Indominus rex, a mercenary team attempts to collect DNA on Isla Nublar, but they are attacked by the Mosasaurus and the Tyrannosaurus rex. Years later, Claire Dearing and Owen Grady work together to find the raptor Blue. As a volcano threatens to destroy the island, they join forces with a team to transport the dinosaurs to a new sanctuary. However, they discover a plot to sell the dinosaurs on the black market. The group eventually makes it onto a ship, where they must deal with the threat of a weaponized hybrid, the Indoraptor. After a confrontation in a mansion, the dinosaurs are released into the wild. The film ends with a new era where humans and dinosaurs must coexist.
- First release year
- 2018
- Runtime (minutes)
- 128
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- J. A. Bayona
- Writers
- Derek Connolly · writer; Colin Trevorrow · writer
- Cast and characters
- Chris Pratt · Owen Grady; Bryce Dallas Howard · Claire Dearing; Jeff Goldblum · Ian Malcolm; Rafe Spall · Ken Wheatley; Daniella Pineda · Zia Rodriguez; Isabella Sermon · Maisie
- Genres
- science fiction; action
- Themes
- greed; human-animal coexistence; consequences of scientific manipulation
- Tone and mood
- dark; suspenseful; claustrophobic
- Premise and plot tags
- survival; disaster; action
- Source material / true-story basis
- Jurassic Park (1990) and The Lost World (1995)
- Franchise connections
- Jurassic Park
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its visuals and darker tone, while others criticized the screenplay.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 51 · scale: 100 · review count: 59; PostTrak · score: 82% · scale: percentage
- Production trivia
- The film is the first in the series to be shot in CinemaScope.; The film features more dinosaurs than any previous film in the series.; The film's budget was up to $465 million, making it the fourth-most expensive film ever made.
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