Just exactly three years after the most successful sequel to Jurassic Park Part 1 (1993), Jurassic World (2015), the crew and cast of J.A. Bayonne, who is a Spanish director, successfully made Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). It is equally full of shocking cannibal scenes and dinosaurs. However, this version of Frankenstein slowed the pace a bit compared to Jurassic World 1 (2015). It is mainly caused by the Lockwood estate where the main drama is staged in the entire film after Act 1. Volcanic island in Costa Rica, where the filmmaking never took place, drastically solved and changed the main stage of this franchise series.
The Lockwood estate is equal with Frankenstein's house in any Frankenstein films in the past, and who is the Frankenstein? That must be our Chinese Dr. Henry Wu, who is one of the main characters in this franchise and the only character who has appeared in most of the films except 2 and 3. In this Frankenstein version of Jurassic World, Frankenstein's monster is not an ordinary dinosaur, but it is The Indoraptor, which is a DNA mixture of Indominus Rex and the Blue Raptor. US filmmakers love the most intelligent dinosaur, the Raptor, in this franchise. The Intelligentsia loves intelligent animals, and it is natural and reasonable. And it provides more dramatic alternatives and developments in this franchise. Frankenstein's monster is stupid. Again, this franchise is about corporate ethics. Ambitious and immortal capitalists are eaten alive by their creations. You can see this in the relationship between Lockwood and his right-hand, Eli Milles, who murders his boss in this story and fires the housekeeper who has good faith in her work.
Family ethics are not so well expressed in this film. Maisie Lockwood and Eli Milles are not an ideal family-like close relationship. Emotional expression in this family relationship is mainly done by Maisie and the trapped dinosaurs because both of them are genetically and artificially created. And Owen and Clair played the parent roles. There is still some distance between them at the final moments of this film. However, it shows us the alternative of family relationships in this new era. Corporate, family and love ethics are well told in this new fairy tale in the digital cinema era (since 1995). I actually enjoyed this film, and it is worth buying a ticket for it. It is a true cinema which is eligible to spend time in theaters. It is effective enough to see it in 2D. This is a feature of a well-made blockbuster.
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