Jurassic World is a 2015 American science fiction adventure film. It is the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park film series. The film was in "development hell" for over a decade following the release of Jurassic Park III in 2001. The film was initially scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005 under the title of Jurassic Park 4 (a completely different movie). The release date was pushed back several times while the script went through revisions. The film was released on June 12, 2015, in North America. Colin Trevorrow is directing a screenplay he co-wrote with Derek Connolly, with Patrick Crowley and Frank Marshall producing.[1] Steven Spielberg, director of the first two films in the series, will act as executive producer as he did for the third film. Jurassic World grossed over $1.659 billion and therefore is the highest-grossing film in the series & currently the highest grossing film in 2015, as well as surpassing The Avengers at the box office, placing Jurassic World as the third highest-grossing film in cinema history.
Plot[]
Two decades after the events at Jurassic Park, a new theme park, Jurassic World, now operates on Isla Nublar, off the Pacific coast of Central America. This new park is run by the Masrani Global Corporation, which also owns InGen, the genetics company that creates the dinosaurs. Brothers Zach and Gray Mitchell are sent to Jurassic World by their divorcing parents to visit their aunt, Claire, the park's operations manager and busy workaholic. Claire assigns her assistant to be the boys' guide.
Navy veteran Owen Grady trains the park's four Velociraptors that have imprinted on him as their pack alpha. Vic Hoskins, of InGen security, believes that raptors are trainable for military use, despite Owen's disputing this. Meanwhile, Park owner Simon Masrani has Owen evaluate the park's new hybrid dinosaur, Indominus rex, before the attraction opens. Owen warns Claire that the Indominus, raised in isolation, is particularly dangerous because it is not socialized to other animals.
When the Indominus has seemingly escaped its paddock, Owen and two staff enter the enclosure. The Indominus, able to camouflage itself and mask its heat signature, ambushes them before escaping into the island's interior. Owen wants it killed, but Masrani sends the Asset Containment Unit to capture the dinosaur alive. When most of the ACU team are killed, Claire orders the island's northern sector evacuated.
Zach and Gray, exploring in a gyrosphere ride, ignore the evacuation order and wander into a restricted area where the Indominus attacks and destroys the sphere. The boys escape unharmed and come upon the ruins of the original Jurassic Park Visitor Center. After repairing an old Jeep, they drive back to the park resort. Claire and Owen, who are searching for the boys, barely escape the Indominus themselves. Masrani and two troopers hunt the Indominus by helicopter. The Indominus smashes into the park's aviary to escape gunfire, releasing pterosaurs that collide with the helicopter. It crashes, killing everyone aboard. Gray and Zach find Owen and Claire at the resort as armed troopers shoot the swarming pterosaurs.
Assuming command, Hoskins orders the raptors be used to track the Indominus; Owen is forced to accept Hoskins' plan. The raptors follow the Indominus' scent but after encountering it, the animals begin communicating with one another; Owen realizes that the Indominus was created with raptor DNA; it becomes the pack's new alpha. Meanwhile, Hoskins has Dr. Wu helicoptered off-site with dinosaur embryos, protecting his research. Owen, Claire, and the boys find Hoskins at the lab packing up more embryos, but a raptor breaks in and kills him.
Owen re-establishes his alpha bond with the three surviving raptors before the Indominus reappears. Two raptors are killed attacking it. Claire orders the park's veteran T-Rex to be released from its paddock and lures it into a vicious battle with the Indominus. The T-Rex is overpowered until the lone surviving raptor attacks. The raptor and T-Rex force the overwhelmed Indominus towards the lagoon, where it is dragged underwater by the park's resident Mosasaurus.
Survivors are evacuated to the mainland, and the island is abandoned to the dinosaurs. Zach and Gray are reunited with their parents, while Owen and Claire decide to stay together. The film then ends with the T-Rex looking at the remains of Jurassic World and roars, ending the film.
Cast[]
- Main article: List of Jurassic Park characters
- Chris Pratt as Owen Grady, a Navy veteran and Velociraptor expert and trainer at Jurassic World.
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing, the Jurassic World operations manager. Aunt to Zach and Gray Mitchell.
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Vic Hoskins, head of InGen security operations, who wants to use the raptors and the Indominus Rex as military weapons.
- Jake Johnson as Lowery, an employee in the park's control room.
- Nick Robinson as Zach Mitchell, one of Claire's nephews and the older brother of Gray.
- Ty Simpkins as Gray Mitchell, one of Claire's nephews and the younger brother of Zach.
- BD Wong as Dr. Henry Wu, the chief geneticist and head of the team that created the dinosaurs for John Hammond's Jurassic Park.
- Irrfan Khan as Simon Masrani, the head of the Masrani Corporation and the owner of Jurassic World.[2]
- Brian Tee as Hamada, a member of the ACU, a group of security guards installed on Isla Nublar.[3][4]
- Omar Sy as Barry, Owen's assistant who helps care for the raptors.
- Judy Greer as Karen Mitchell, Claire's sister and mother of Zach and Gray.
- Katie McGrath as Zara, Claire's personal assistant.
- Lauren Lapkus as Vivian, an employee in the park's control room.
- Andy Buckley as Scott Mitchell, Karen's husband and father of Zach and Gray.
- James DuMont as Hal Osterly, an investor.
- Colin Trevorrow as the voice of Mr. DNA, an animated DNA helix who explains the park's technology to visitors. The character was previously voiced by Greg Burson in Jurassic Park.
Music[]
The film's score will be composed by Michael Giacchino, who previously composed the video games Warpath: Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and will incorporate themes from John Williams' previous Jurassic Park scores.[5][6]
Marketing and promotion[]
The first trailer for the film was scheduled to be released on November 27, 2014,[7] but Universal Pictures released it on November 25 instead.[8] Some criticized the trailer as "looking exactly like" the original Jurassic Park film, while others considered these similarities merely as homages. [9] Three websites were produced for the film: an official site and two viral marketing sites.
Critical reception[]
While the first Jurassic Park movie is described as an attempt to create up-to-date dinosaurs based on current knowledge, changing the public view of dinosaurs as slow and giant lizard-like reptiles, Jurassic World was criticized for purposely ignoring new discoveries and knowledge, such as many dinosaurs being covered with feathers and proto-feathers and the way velociraptors held their front limbs.[10][11] Since the initial release of the teaser trailer, many paleontologists expressed their disappointment on Twitter, Facebook and their own blogs calling the dinosaurs that were featured a retrograde step from the original Jurassic Park.[12] However, praise was given to the enjoyment, the performances, the action and the visuals of Jurassic World.
Top ten lists[]
- 5th - Caillou Pettis, TwistedFalcon
Sequel[]
On the possibility of potential sequels, Trevorrow said: "We wanted to create something that would be a little bit less arbitrary and episodic, and something that could potentially arc into a series that would feel like a complete story."[13]
See also[]
- List of characters in Jurassic Park
- List of extinct genera in Jurassic Park
- List of films featuring dinosaurs
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References[]
- ↑ Zakarin, Jordan (March 14, 2013). Colin Trevorrow to Direct 'Jurassic Park 4'. The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved on November 25, 2014.
- ↑ Bhai, Ibbi (November 23, 2014). ‘Jurassic World’ New Images And Teaser Trailer!. Retrieved on November 28, 2014.
- ↑ Brian Tee Talks Jurassic World's Hamada (June 28, 2014). Retrieved on November 28, 2014.
- ↑ De Semlyen, Nick (November 27, 2014). Empire's Jurassic World Trailer Tour (p.15). Retrieved on November 28, 2014.
- ↑ Yamato, Jen (May 12, 2014). Michael Giacchino To Score Jurassic World. Deadline.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2014.
- ↑ Jurassic World - Official Trailer. Youtube.com (25 November 2014). Retrieved on 26 November 2014.
- ↑ The wait is almost over..... Jurassic Park verified Twitter page. Retrieved on November 24, 2014.
- ↑ Jurassic World - Official Trailer. Universal Pictures via Youtube.com (November 25, 2014). Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved on November 26, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/02/jurassic-world-trailer-jurassic-park_n_6254322.html
- ↑ Scientists disappointed Jurassic World dinosaurs don’t look like dinosaurs
- ↑ 'Jurassic World' Dinosaurs Stuck in the 1980s, Experts Grumble
- ↑ Kohn Conway (December 4, 2014). Scientists disappointed Jurassic World dinosaurs don’t look like dinosaurs. The Guardian. Retrieved on December 6, 2014.
- ↑ Christopher Hooton (November 26, 2014). Jurassic World trailer already facing criticism from palaeontologists. The Independent. Retrieved on December 5, 2014.
External links[]
- Official website
- Masrani Global Corporation (fictional) website
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- Official UK Jurassic Word International website
- Trailer on Youtube
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