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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

How is it possible to make dinosaurs boring?

Okay, the island abandoned to the dinosaurs in the last film is blowing up, so Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard join a mission to rescue the big beasts, funded by nefarious types with hidden, profit-motivated plans (not unlike this movie). They spend most of their time running from a genetically engineered, weaponized super-dinosaur (Ludicrosarus? Preposteraptor?). But the real threat in this gleefully dumb fifth JP iteration is franchise fatigue. If you go to see people being eaten by CG monsters, you’ll have a good time. But this one’s dubious achievement is that it actually makes dinosaurs boring. (128 min)