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"Jurassic World" was the movie that proves that dinosaurs are not legendary monsters of fiction. They are animals that ruled the earth sixty five million years ago, and they were on earth long before we came. "Fallen Kingdom" is taking this gravely; it is good-versus-evil over animal conservation, saving the dinosaurs from going extinct due to habitat destruction (in this case, a volcano eruption). Then, a group of businessmen led by an insane financial director named Elijah Mills decided to sell the endangered dinosaurs for huge riches, including designing a ferocious twenty eight million dollar prototype dinosaur called the Indoraptor. This concept is pleasing and so is the the story with smart script-writing. Plus, there are even more dinosaurs here: the Allosaurus, Sinoceratops, Baryonyx, and even the fearsome Carnotaurus. The Indoraptor in particular is one awesome creature with it's threatening presence and ghastly weapons. The second half of the film has a thrilling showdown with the Indoraptor at the Lockwood manor, and it's well-structured and highly imaginative with tense atmosphere. The Lockwood manor is an impressive mansion with excellent construction with lots of different rooms. The mood of the film provides effective gravity to amp up it's genre to make "Fallen Kingdom" deliver dynamic and resonant entertainment; it is a serious drama, a gothic horror film, an action-packed thrill ride, an unintentional comedy, and a disaster film all wrapped up into one, but it is all well done with appropriate and cohesive tonal shifts. The direction by J.A. Bayona contains clever ideas from the timing, to the locations, and the emphasis that he brings to the emotion of the movie to make it feel real. From the script, the dialogue, and the artistic screenplay, all of the writing is clever. Some of the cinematography will never leave my mind, especially when the dinosaurs are roaring at the sky. Michael Giacchino reflects the movie superbly with an emotional and raucous music score. Every character has both brains, brawn, and heart. Owen (Chris Pratt) has a sweet appealing video about himself with his raptors when they were babies. Here, we have new characters: Zia (Daniella Pineda) is a Paleo-vet who is a member of the dino protection group. Franklin (Justice Smith) is a technician who may have an easily frightened personality, but he does care for all dinosaurs. Maisie (Isabella Sermon) is a young girl who is an intelligent and big-hearted legal ward following the death of her parents. All of these characters are well-utilized supporting characters. Highly recommended for all of you!!!