"Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" is a 2018 film and part of the apparently never-ending Jurassic Park saga. As usual, mad scientists and greedy capitalistas (backed by heavily armed mercenaries) are pitted against the idealistic animal-lovers. The problem? Well, the cute little animals include a T-Rex, a highly intelligent Deinonychus (called "raptor" in the film) and really hungry pteranodons! Do the militant vegans have *any* kind of self-preservation instinct, I wonder?
When Isla Nublar, where the dinos have been stranded since the previous film, is threatened by a yuge volcanic eruption, a string of suspicious characters descend on the island. Their mission? To "save" as many dinosaurs as possible - only to sell them at a bizarre auction in California to various black market speculators! Unless the heroes can find a way to stop the proceedings, that is, with some help from Dinosauria gone rogue...
That, and some shit about a genetically modified specimen that can be weaponized.
One of the characters is obviously based on Trump, who was president when the film premiered: Mr Eversoll, who spouts exactly the same hairdo as the Donald, and even colludes with the Russians! Yes, "Trump" sells the secret weaponized dino to a Russian arms dealer. It would have been funny...had it not been a Blue Anon conspiracy theory and another expression of the middle class hysteria surrounding Nr 45. Another character, Maisie, reminds me of Greta Thunberg?! Just like Greta, Maisie is a precocious child interested in saving the world. She also turns out to be a clone ("the strange girl") and speaks British English.
The film ends with the dinos and their allies escaping, this time into modern America, where they make life unsafe for the suburban middle classes (hmmm...) and presumably lay the groundwork for the next film in the series, due to be released in 2022, and provisonally titled "Jurassic World: Dominion".
Perhaps Joe & Kamala can negotiate a truce with the Deinonychi, who knows?
Are the dinosaurs a metaphor for illegal aliens, with whom we must reach an accommodation, according to the extremely confused character starred by Jeff Goldblum? Why are illegal aliens symbolized by potentially dangerous dinosaurs? There seems to be more to explore here than I expected...
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