Introduction
There seems to be no end to the invasion of silver screen by
the gigantic dinosaurs from Triassic Era. It all started with the cult-making
Jurassic Park. Brain child of Steven Spielberg, came at a time people knew the existence
of these gigantic creatures only in books. When they were created on the
screen, the film became instant hit among the moviegoers. Ever since then,
the filmmakers have been trying to milk some more from essence out of this
theme through their movies. It is in this backdrop, we are hearing about the
release of Jurassic World. The film has hit the screen on June 12, 2015.
Casts of the Movie
After some repetitions, now we come to know about another
movie on dinosaurs by reputed Hollywood Director Colin Trevorrow. The film has
some of the reputed and talented actors in the cast list. They are Chris Pratt,
Irrfan Khan, Vincent D’Onofio, Bryce Dallas Howard, etc. When you watch this
movie, you will no doubt make a comparison with the original movie from the wizardry
of Steven Spielberg.
Movie Story line
On predictable lines, you can see the Indian actor Irrfan
Khan stepping into the shoe of the actor Richard Attenborough of the first
movie as the owner of the park and the role of upright park manager handled by
Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire. Just like what we saw in the original film, the
billionaire park owner expected the dinosaurs owned by him to come up with some
traits that can entertain the masses. To meet the expectations of the park
owner, the Claire plays with the DNA of Dinosaurs to create ferocious species that
inherit the traits of T. Rex and intelligence of a highly skilled killer. As a
result, she is able to make albino Dino Indominus Rex with more teeth and
muscle power. As the
story unfolds, the hybrid dinosaur jumps the padlock to create the flutter
inside the park. At the same time, Claire’s nephews Gray (Ty Simpson) and Zack
(Nick Robinson) visit the park. Claire is not able to look after the nephews as
she goes after the raptor trainer-resident Owen (Chris Pratt). In the meantime,
the villain of the story Vic Hoskins (Vincent D’Ornofio) wants to weaponise the
dinosaurs so that they can be used in situations such as Tora Bora.
Story Review
The predictable storyline expects killer Dino to remain at
large killing and terrorizing people. The cast of the movie somehow escape the jaws
of death and keep the movie going through some edge-of-the-seat moments. These
casts have been glorified with their heroics and intelligence in the movie when
they are shown elegantly escaping from the clutches of the dinosaurs in the
park. From the hindsight, it looks as if the film is portraying how the
corporate world runs in a park. There are scenes in which this underlying theme
is shown. For instance, the toddlers are seen riding on the baby dinosaurs. Similarly,
mighty T. Rex has been shown doing some monkey tricks to entertain the
audience. Despite all these, the film is falling short of the benchmark set by
the cult-making film Jurassic Park in many aspects. This might irk the fans of
dinosaurs and films based on them.
