Jurassic World is a 2015 American science fiction adventure film. It is the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series. It was directed and co-written by Colin Trevorrow, produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, and stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. The production companies were Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, also responsible for the rest of the franchise, and Thomas Tull's Legendary Pictures. Set twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Jurassic World takes place on the same fictional island of Isla Nublar, off the Pacific coast of Central America, where a fully functioning dinosaur theme park has operated for ten years. The park plunges into chaos when a genetically modified dinosaur, Indominus rex, breaks loose and runs rampant across the island.
Universal Pictures intended to begin production on a fourth Jurassic Park film in 2004 for a summer 2005 release, but the film entered over a decade of development hell while the script went through revisions. Following a suggestion from Spielberg, writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver explored the idea of a functional dinosaur park. Once Trevorrow was hired as director in 2013, he followed the same idea while developing a whole new script with Derek Connolly. Principal photography rolled from April to August 2014, primarily in Louisiana while also using the original Jurassic Park filming locations in Hawaii. Again the dinosaurs were created throughcomputer-generated imagery by Industrial Light & Magic and life-sized animatronic dinosaurs built by Legacy Effects, a company created by the alumni of Jurassic Park veteran Stan Winston.
Jurassic World was released starting from June 10, 2015 in over 60 countries. The film received positive reviews from film critics, who praised it for its visuals, action scenes and musical score, but drew some criticism for its tone and writing. After a record-breaking opening weekend that had the film grossing $500 million worldwide, Jurassic World has generated over $1.6 billion in box office revenue, standing as the third highest-grossing film of all time without inflation adjustment, as well as the highest-grossing film of 2015. A sequel is scheduled for release on June 22, 2018.
Plot
Two decades after the events at Jurassic Park, a new theme park, Jurassic World, now operates in 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 visit their aunt, Claire, Jurassic World's operations manager. Claire's assistant greets them as she is too busy recruiting corporate sponsors.
Navy veteran Owen Grady trains the park's four Velociraptors that consider him their pack alpha. Vic Hoskins, who works for InGen, believes that raptors are trainable for military use, despite Owen disputing this. Park owner Simon Masrani asks Claire to have 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.
Owen and Claire discover that the Indominus has seemingly escaped. Owen and two staff enter the enclosure, but the Indominus, that is able to mask its heat signature and can camouflage itself, ambushes them before escaping into 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 and come upon the ruins of the original Jurassic Park Visitor Center. After repairing an old Jeep, they drive back to the park resort. Not knowing where her nephews are, Claire asks for Owen's help in searching for them. Trailing the boys, they barely escape the Indominus themselves. Meanwhile, Masrani and two troopers hunt Indominusby helicopter. Indominus smashes into the park's aviary to escape gunfire, releasing pterosaurs. Several collide with the helicopter, causing it to crash and killing everyone aboard. Gray and Zach arrive back at the resort and find Owen and Claire as armed troopers are shooting at the swarming pterosaurs.
Hoskins assumes command and orders that the raptors be used to track the Indominus; Owen reluctantly agrees to the plan. The raptors follow Indominus ' scent into the jungle but after encountering it, the animals begin communicating with one another; Owen realizes that Indominus was created with raptor DNA. It becomes the new alpha, and the pack follows it into the jungle; Hoskins, meanwhile, has Dr. Wu helicoptered off the island 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.
Outside, Owen reestablishes his alpha bond with the three surviving raptors. Two raptors are killed attacking the Indominus. Realizing they are outmatched, 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 they will stay together.
Cast
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard play the film's two leads, while B. D. Wong (R) reprises his role as Dr. Henry Wu from the first film.
Main article: List of Jurassic Park characters
Universal Pictures intended to begin production on a fourth Jurassic Park film in 2004 for a summer 2005 release, but the film entered over a decade of development hell while the script went through revisions. Following a suggestion from Spielberg, writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver explored the idea of a functional dinosaur park. Once Trevorrow was hired as director in 2013, he followed the same idea while developing a whole new script with Derek Connolly. Principal photography rolled from April to August 2014, primarily in Louisiana while also using the original Jurassic Park filming locations in Hawaii. Again the dinosaurs were created throughcomputer-generated imagery by Industrial Light & Magic and life-sized animatronic dinosaurs built by Legacy Effects, a company created by the alumni of Jurassic Park veteran Stan Winston.
Jurassic World was released starting from June 10, 2015 in over 60 countries. The film received positive reviews from film critics, who praised it for its visuals, action scenes and musical score, but drew some criticism for its tone and writing. After a record-breaking opening weekend that had the film grossing $500 million worldwide, Jurassic World has generated over $1.6 billion in box office revenue, standing as the third highest-grossing film of all time without inflation adjustment, as well as the highest-grossing film of 2015. A sequel is scheduled for release on June 22, 2018.
Plot
Two decades after the events at Jurassic Park, a new theme park, Jurassic World, now operates in 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 visit their aunt, Claire, Jurassic World's operations manager. Claire's assistant greets them as she is too busy recruiting corporate sponsors.
Navy veteran Owen Grady trains the park's four Velociraptors that consider him their pack alpha. Vic Hoskins, who works for InGen, believes that raptors are trainable for military use, despite Owen disputing this. Park owner Simon Masrani asks Claire to have 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.
Owen and Claire discover that the Indominus has seemingly escaped. Owen and two staff enter the enclosure, but the Indominus, that is able to mask its heat signature and can camouflage itself, ambushes them before escaping into 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 and come upon the ruins of the original Jurassic Park Visitor Center. After repairing an old Jeep, they drive back to the park resort. Not knowing where her nephews are, Claire asks for Owen's help in searching for them. Trailing the boys, they barely escape the Indominus themselves. Meanwhile, Masrani and two troopers hunt Indominusby helicopter. Indominus smashes into the park's aviary to escape gunfire, releasing pterosaurs. Several collide with the helicopter, causing it to crash and killing everyone aboard. Gray and Zach arrive back at the resort and find Owen and Claire as armed troopers are shooting at the swarming pterosaurs.
Hoskins assumes command and orders that the raptors be used to track the Indominus; Owen reluctantly agrees to the plan. The raptors follow Indominus ' scent into the jungle but after encountering it, the animals begin communicating with one another; Owen realizes that Indominus was created with raptor DNA. It becomes the new alpha, and the pack follows it into the jungle; Hoskins, meanwhile, has Dr. Wu helicoptered off the island 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.
Outside, Owen reestablishes his alpha bond with the three surviving raptors. Two raptors are killed attacking the Indominus. Realizing they are outmatched, 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 they will stay together.
Cast
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard play the film's two leads, while B. D. Wong (R) reprises his role as Dr. Henry Wu from the first film.
Main article: List of Jurassic Park characters
- Chris Pratt as Owen Grady, a Velociraptor expert and trainer.[5]
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire, the park's operations manager. Aunt of Zach and Gray.[5]
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Vic Hoskins, the head of InGen security operations, who wants to use the raptors and the Indominus rex as weapons.[6]
- Ty Simpkins as Gray Mitchell, one of Claire's nephews and the younger brother of Zach.[5]
- Nick Robinson as Zach Mitchell, one of Claire's nephews and the older brother of Gray.[5]
- Omar Sy as Barry,[7] a tamer who helps take care of Owen's raptors.[8]
- B. D. Wong as Dr. Henry Wu, the chief geneticist and head of the team that created the dinosaurs for the park. Wong is the only actor to reprise a role from any of the previous films and this is his first appearance in the franchise since Jurassic Park.
- Irrfan Khan as Simon Masrani, CEO of the Masrani Corporation and the owner of Jurassic World.[5]
- Jake Johnson as Lowery, an employee in the park's control room.[5]
- Lauren Lapkus as Vivian, an employee in the park's control room.[9]
- Brian Tee as Hamada, the leader of the ACU (Asset Containment Unit), a group of security guards installed on Isla Nublar.[5]
- Katie McGrath as Zara, Claire's personal assistant.[10]
- Judy Greer as Karen Mitchell, Claire's sister and the mother of Zach and Gray.[11]
- Andy Buckley as Scott Mitchell, Karen's husband and the father of Zach and Gray.
- Eric Edelstein as the supervisor of the Indominus rex control room.
- Colby Boothman as a young new handler working in the raptor research paddock.[12]
- Jimmy Fallon[13] as himself, portrayed as the safety instructor of the gyrosphere attraction.
- James DuMont as Hal Osterly, an investor.
- Jimmy Buffett as himself, portrayed as an escaping tourist during the pterosaur attack.[14][15]
- Colin Trevorrow as the voice of Mr. DNA, an anthropomorphic DNA helix who explains the park's technology to visitors assumed to be laymen. The character was previously voiced by Greg Burson in Jurassic Park.
- Brad Bird makes a cameo appearance as the voice of the park's monorail announcer.[16]
- Jack Horner, the film's technical advisor, has a cameo in the film.[17]