
That probably sounds fine to someone looking for a stupid summer dinosaur movie, but one really effective Fallen Kingdom scene illustrates how boring the rest of the film is. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), who tells Congress that "we altered the course of natural history. This is apparently thanks to testimony from Dr. Isla Nubar is falling apart thanks to intense volcanic action, and the Dinosaur Protection Group (yes, that's its name), led by the previous film's Claire Deering (Bryce Dallas Howard), fails to convince Congress to save the surviving species. uh, everybody who thinks the genetic resurrection of dinosaurs was a bad idea.

Let's get to the blood-curdling screams and the human-devouring stuff already.Īfter this sequence, a political showdown pits endangered-species advocates against. You already know about the biggest, baddest dinos, this intro asserts. rex attack sequence-though it leans way too heavily on that nostalgia as opposed to building tension. This scene's dark, rainy treatment immediately recalls the original Jurassic Park's famous T.

An opening sequence sets the film's terror-thriller tone by sending witless corporate goons to retrieve a fossil. "I SHOULD HAVE SWITCHED TO GEICO AND SAVED HUNDREDS ON MY INSURAAAAAAA"įallen Kingdom wastes no time establishing the film's crux: idiots want to make money off the wrecked remains of the prior film's park.
