Since the catastrophe of Jurassic World, the park was completely abandoned and the dinosaurs roam free. However, a dormant volcano on the island is threatening to erupt, which will kill all the dinosaurs. Testifying to Congress, Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) suggests that nothing be done and the dinosaurs be allowed to go extinct again. Elsewhere, Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) has become a dinosaur rights activist, citing the Endanger Species Act. Yes, really. Just when it looks like the dinosaurs will die off and stop the all-too-predictable disasters where dinosaurs eat park visitors, Ben Lockwood (James Cromwell) - a former partner of John "We spared no expense" Hammond - summons Claire and outlines a plan to rescue the dinosaurs, placing them on an uninhabited island with no human interaction. Claire immediately signs up. However, in order to rescue the raptors, she will need to recruit Owen (Chris Pratt). Apparently, they split not too long after the last film but she nonetheless succeeds in dragging him along on her folly. On the island, Ken Wheatley (Ted Levine) is in charge of a band of mercenaries who are rounding up the dinosaurs. The task gets notably easier when Claire signs onto the tracking system and provides coordinates for all the dinosaurs. No sooner has Owen managed to lure Blue the Raptor to him than the double-cross kicks in. Abandoned in the island's jungle as the volcano erupts, Owen, Claire, and Franklin (Justice Smith) must find a way to escape. The second half of the film has the bad guys selling the recovered dinosaurs for millions of dollars to international buyers. Of course, some of the dinosaurs - notably the most dangerous one - escape and wreak havoc. No, that's not a spoiler. It was inevitable.
Having resurrected many species that had been extinct for millions of years, one can't help but wonder why everyone is so worried about them going extinct again. They can just be reincarnated again. On another topic, why don't the mercenaries carry guns than can kill dinosaurs? They always have guns that just annoy them and tranquilizer darts that work only if the plot requires them to work. Where's the elephant gun or it's new variant, the dinosaur gun? Why are they always unprepared for an escaped dinosaur? It gets old. By the end of the movie, our 'heroes' have saved the dinosaurs and let them loose somewhere in Northern California. Among the rescued dinosaurs are a T-Rex and a velociraptor. That's terrific. This should work out just peachy. I'm sure they will live in peace with the local population. Much better than letting them go extinct again. Sigh.
The movie is full of action, loads of action. Buckets and buckets of topflight CGI action. It is also spilling over the brim with stupid. Oh, so much stupid. Probably the most egregious error: the island is doomed and the US government has declined to save the dinosaurs. And it also has declined to even see if anyone else tried to save them. When a ship full of highly dangerous dinosaurs heads to the US coast, no US Navy, no Coast Guard, no interdiction at all. Sure, why not.
The movie concludes with Dr. Malcolm warning about genetic tinkering and that the genie is out of the bottle. Jurassic World III: Rise of the Planet of the Dinosaurs opens in 2021. Skip this one.
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