Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Jurassic World'

Written by Scott Edwards

It is amazing what can be done when people decide to band together for a common goal. I mean, we were able to put a man on the moon because of how NASA was able to bring all of their departments together. If failure is not an option and you have the numbers, there should be nothing keeping you from accomplishing your goals. I am excited to see what happens when we make up a cure for the common cold, I am sure it is on the horizon.

Brothers Gray and Zach are on their way to a vacation of a lifetime with their aunt Claire. But what they do not know is that the attractions at the park they are about to visit can be more dangerous than the ads lead on. They are going to Jurassic World and going to see live dinosaurs, and although Zach is not that excited to be leaving his girlfriend behind, Gray could care less since he is about to have his mind blown by being able to see & touch creatures that he has only read about. But Claire is having a day and has to turn the kids loose in the park with her assistant since she has more pressing issues to deal with. 

With a new exhibit about to open, Claire has been ordered to bring the park's veterinarian in to make sure that everything is coming together. Owen is not too excited about what the park is doing with their new creations and this one has him worried. Being a hybrid mix between a T-Rex and something else classified, Owen knows that the genetic tampering will not lead to anything good for the park. When arriving at the paddock to see the new Indominus Rex, Claire finds that the hybrid is not on the infrared and must have escaped its cage. Owen and the workers investigate the habitat to find out what might have happened to the large beast, but before they know it, the Indominus is on top of them and making a run for freedom.

With a new predator on the loose, the island has to start looking at its disaster plans and make sure that none of the park goers become lunch for the hybrid. Finding out that the non-lethal route only leads to the deaths of the employees trying to hunt the beast, the owner takes up his biggest gun and tries to have a safari of his own. But before anyone knows what is happening, the hybrid breaks into the aviary releasing the pterosaurs (the flying ones) into the sky to wreak havoc upon all of the unknowing guests. With the loss of the owner, InGen’s man Hoskins steps into his new role of running the park and reveals his plan to take down the large predator that has escaped and it will make the park much more popular than ever. Releasing the Raptors that Owen has been forming a bond with over the years, the Raptors will be able to find and subdue the Indominus Rex without causing a casualty in the park, or so they think with Owen running the hunt.

This movie brought the legend of Jurassic Park back to life with a shock to the system that many people say they saw coming. I did not know what to expect from the movie, but after seeing what it did at the box office, I am pretty sure that they got it right. Everyone has a man crush with Chris Pratt these days and I expected a little bit more silliness from his character because honestly, I did not know he could turn it off. He does a great job in the role and I am starting to see him as the movie star everyone wants him to be. Lowery steals the show, Jack Johnson is your only character in the movie that will give it to you straight and I think that is something that the movie needed, at least for some additional foreshadowing. The cast was great, the production value was awesome and the story may have been stuck in a piece of amber for many years, but when they drilled it out and put it on the screen, it just seemed to work out famously.  ​

---