Jurassic World: The World After – simply the worst episode of the entire franchise (by far)

After the first three Jurassic Park, and the two opuses of the Jurassic World saga, which began in 2015, Universal has just released the latest installment in the franchise: Jurassic World: The World After. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, who had already directed the first part of the Jurassic World trilogy, this new opus aims to conclude both the Jurassic World trilogy, but also the entire Jurassic saga. It is in this logic that the firm brings back both the cast of the first trilogy: Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, but also the cast of the second trilogy with Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Omar Sy. A beautiful little world for a film unfortunately terribly disappointing.

Jurassic World 3: the worst film of the license

To recontextualize a little, in 2015, Jurassic World was born in theaters. 14 years after the release of Jurassic Park III, Universal wants to bring dinosaurs back to the forefront. After the first two films of Steven Spielberg, and a third opus directed by Joe Johnston, it is Colin Trevorrow who directs the first Jurassic World. Despite mixed reviews, Jurassic World was a hit and grossed more than $1.6 billion at the box office. Inevitably, in 2018, Juan Antonio Bayona is in charge of directing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (the best opus of this new trilogy). And this Wednesday, June 8, Colin Trevorrow comes to bring the great conclusion to all this. And unfortunately, Jurassic World: The World After is the worst episode of the entire franchise. And by far.There was a certain form of expectation around this new opus, especially in its idea of staging dinosaurs in an urban environment. But also facing the return of the old characters of the Jurassic Park saga. But no promises are kept, and Jurassic World 3 is a huge dung. And we'll explain why:

No promise holds water

This is the worst episode for many reasons. The first is in the reintroduction of the old characters. Even though it's a monster pleasure to see Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum again, they are just ghosts of themselves. Colin Trevorrow never manages to infuse them with any stakes, any scriptwriting interest other than to show their faces. Already, Colin Trevorrow reintroduces them with great laziness. Like Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man: No Way Home, it is a return of an abyssal laziness through which the filmmaker brings them back without any tact, without thrill, or originality. Then, again, they are not of much use. And if it is not to make Alan Grant a funny parody of Indiana Jones, there is no interest. Then, the other huge flaw of the film is its failed promise to stage dinosaurs in the world of humans. The end of Fallen Kingdom, the trailers and the short film Jurassic World released a few years ago promised that the plot would take place in an urban setting. A bit like Predator 2. However, Colin Trevorrow never exploits this exciting idea. Apart from a short sequence in Malta, dinosaurs never evolve in the world of humans. And it's a total waste to potentially take the Jurassic saga to other horizons. No, Trevorrow prefers to backtrack to put most of his plot in a forest monitored by scientists and military. Or how to take his viewer for an idiot and make a park without a park. And it's a shame, because with such a concept the saga could have taken another turn, and told how the human race must adapt to live in cohabitation with the saurians. The film barely exploits this idea for a short sequence in cornfields confronted by giant insects. Only a few shots of illustration, such as the opening sequence or the final shots of the film, remind viewers that the film cruelly and unmistakably misses its real subject: dinosaurs in the world of humans.

Wobbly characters

And finally, it's not just the trio of elders that don't work on screen. Jurassic World 3 is an illogical movie, where the characters make stupid decisions, and are used as soulless story objects. We would have to count the number of scenes that offer impossible and hallucinating field entries of discontinuity, where protagonists teleport from point A to point B without explanation. We must also point the finger at the character embodied by DeWanda Wise, who acts without any logic. This mercenary is in perpetual contradiction with his speech, his principles and his code of conduct. She puts everything at risk to help people she doesn't know for free. In short, we go on and on. But the quintessence of this shitty writing directly concerns Claire, the character of Bryce Dallas Howard, who goes from a strong and independent woman, able to sow a T-Rex in stiletto heels, to a fragile mother who does not stop whining, and who obviously no longer has any power of persuasion and defense since she dates Owen (Chris Pratt).

Dinosaurs galore

So yes, Jurassic World: The World After is full of dinosaurs. No previous film has featured the big saurians as much. But these prehistoric animals are now only bland tools, which serve only a warmed and predictable scenario. They are no longer the objects of fascination or fear as in Steven Spielberg's films. Here, they form only a succession of constraints and slowdowns to overcome for our protagonists. This gives an unpleasant superficial feeling of a simple sequence of levels in a video game, until the confrontation of the final boss. And then Colin Trevorrow's staging is an affront, a hell. The director films platonically his sequences, his action and even his sets. Never does the fluidity of a scene strike the mind, never is fear staged, and never is violence really explained on screen. The World After is a smooth, all-terrain and all-audience product, which never knows how to tell a story and film action scenes. The gigantism of creatures is represented only on rare occasions. Finally, the parental, trans-human and ecological themes are as bogus as possible, and are only subjects flown over from a very, very far away, to give the illusion that the film tells something. Brothel, even the final fight is of a distressing nullity. Please never give Colin Trevorrow a blockbuster back, for pity's sake… https://youtu.be/8UZ6NOLR9sQ