After the soft opening of Jurassic Park went
terribly awry, life, uh…found a way—and the
park on Isla Nublar is now open. Kids ride
triceratopses, kayak with brontosauri, and have
the daylights scared out of them by prehistoric
sea monsters. It’s a dream come true. But
after park scientists once again mess with
the natural order (will they never learn?) and
create a genetically modified human-munching,
dinosaur-crunching terror, it’s up to an animal
behaviorist (Chris Pratt, doing his best Indiana
Jones) and the park ops manager (Bryce Dallas
Howard, doing everything Pratt does, but in
heels) to rein it in. Undeniably thrilling and
suspenseful, this sleek blockbuster written
by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa combines
monster mayhem with nostalgic wonder. In true
Spielbergian fashion, the real star attraction
here isn’t the dinosaurs, but the way the movie
ignites our imagination.