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After 20 years of trying The Park/World is now open for business. But is it worth a viewing.

In short I would say a definite yes. Is it as good as the original, as with most sequels (Empire Strikes Back, T2 & Godfather2 aside) it is not. Also could it live without the original, again it could not. But that is part of the charm (If that is indeed the right word) of Jurassic World. It knows that it is following on from a ground breaking film in Jurassic Park. It references it all the way through the film. But I do not feel it weaker for it.

So to the film itself. I must say it was very enjoyable, but it definitely stretched the 12 rating to its max. Also it needs to be remembered that this is 12 BBFC rated not 12A (which allows 8 or above with parents). So you need to be at least 12 to view it and it certainly has its scary and thrilling moments. This is not a Spielberg movie so to speak (although executively produced, which basically means he is just putting his name to it), it is directed by Colin Trevorrow. His only previous non tv movie is ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’. So a big ask, for such a big budget movie.

The Park/World has now been open for quite a few years and to keep people coming in through the doors, they need scarier dinosaurs. So enter stage left the ‘Indominus Rex’ (A truly scary creation), a bigger T-Tex with a few added features. What the scientist/owners should have asked themselves is should we be creating this dinosaur (Or in this case monster). Just because you can create something it does not mean that you should.

You can probably guess that yes Indominus escapes, then as expected, the ensuing mayhem its escape creates. As in all sequels the body is always much larger than the original. Plus not quite so clever, but it does ask questions. This is not a ground breaking movie and not one that will stretch the imagination. But it does what it does very well.

So to the cast the leads are Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village & Richie Cunningham’s (Ron Howard) daughter), both are very good leads and have very good chemistry. It would not be a Jurassic film without a couple of youngsters though and they are Claire’s (Dallas Howard’s) nephews. Both very well played by Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson and both appear to have good future career’s.

Although this not a movie for those with a young family. It is definitely a movie that all will want to watch for odd thrill and scare. I know it scared the lady next to me. This a very good entry in the Jurassic saga and I am sure off the back of it there will be more on the way.

Verdict 7.5/10 – The Indominus Rex is worth the entry fee alone.