Jurassic World Review

Two decades earlier the 75 millon years old species came alive, thundering the park all over, in case you are wondering, yes it is Jurrassic Park! Jurassic World involves the notion that the ideas formulated by Jurassic Park, an island theme park filled with genetically-modified clones of long-extinct dinosaurs, has become a reality. What’s interesting is that the movie has some strong Indian connection to it, firstly it has our very own skilled Irffan Khan in an important role, that of the Park’s owner - Simon Masrani and then the unusual relationship barrier between Dinosaurs and Humans, that was never shown in the franchise; it has been shown in a sentimental light that we often seen in Indian movies.

The filmmakers do their best with a well-nigh impossible task: namely to make Jurassic World both terrifying and family friendly. The movie, executively produced by the man of the moment himself - Steven Spielberg has been directed by Colin Trevorrow who has done enough justice to the movie by retaining the true spirit of the franchise. Jurassic World is managed by Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), a successful uptight career woman who is a little bit controlling and unhappy: she is nervous about looking after her two nephews who have come for a visit to the World, owned by flamboyant entrepreneur Masrani (Irrfan Khan). She is also a bit nervous about the creepy new GM mega-dinosaur they have secretly created to boost visitor numbers: the terrifying Indominus Rex, created by lab scientists and watched over by the sinister military consultants for using them in warfare.

The movie is simply not about making you go astounding enough with CGi and a gasp of animatronics, but delights you with a storyline that brings out the worms out of Genetic study and experimentation. The park is getting ready to unveil its latest attraction: a custom-built, genetic hybrid dinosaur known as the Indominus rex. Somehow an entire park full of scientists and geneticists haven’t realized that the Indominus is smarter and more savage than any of their other beasts, so Claire pulls in an animal expert named Owen (Chris Pratt) to help her out. Owen’s a dinosaur whisperer, spending most of his time training velociraptors to act on his command, but when he sees the Indominus, he knows instantly that if the creature ever gets loose things will go very, very wrong.

It’s a delight to see an Indian face - Irffan Khan in an all important role, something for us to love him, even though his character of a tycoon who puts money and attraction first instead of safety puts his character under a negative shade. The man is a complete entertainer of sorts, puts his role to ease and breezes past the coolness when he tries to fly a helicopter with little experience at hand.

The film tells a pretty simple story. A scary dinosaur escapes early on and the rest of the film is mostly spent trying to catch or kill said danger before said danger kills someone we are supposed to care about. There is a subplot about just how accidental the creation of a would-be super predator was as well as discussions about military applications for trained dinosaurs, and this stuff is more engaging than the monster mash sequences.

It’s unfair to stack upJurassic World up against Jurassic Park when the older movie is such an enduring classic, an action movie that also worked beautifully as a thriller with some of cinema's most iconic movie monsters. Judging by its own,Jurassic World is big and exciting and well-paced, the tension is wisely doled out so that action and disaster never feel far away, and once the thrills really starts to hit the screen, the movie fully comes into its own.

Watch out for an entertaining climax sequence when the tension unfolds, there is this big dashing brawl between our former hero T-Rex and the new I-Rex, almost as if Dhanush making a cameo in Vai Raaja Vai there is  thunderous applause for the former villain who appears as a new superstar making strides down the lane. There is a sentimental touch that the director has given to the movie this time, establishing a human-Dino bond that might appear a first for Hollywood, but looks more of a Maa-Beta feel to an average Indian Movie goer. In all, a perfect movie for this Indian summer, watch it with the kids for some wholesome entertainment.

Verdict : Watch it for the sheer love of the extinct species!

Rating : 3.25/5