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Triassic World
2018 90 min United States of America 16+
★5.5
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Director: Dylan Vox
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Description
In the future, scientists found a way to grow human organs inside dinosaurs to harvest them for profit. But when the dinosaurs break out, the scientists that created them have to find ways undo the terrible mistakes they have done.
Starring
Shellie Sterling
Actor
Hayley J Williams
Actor
Joseph Michael Harris
Actor
Jennifer Levinson
Actor
Key opinion
Triassic World is widely panned as a derivative and poorly executed entry in the creature-feature genre. Critics agree that despite a potentially interesting premise, the film suffers from abysmal character writing and an unintentionally laughable tone.
| Screenplay | Characters are universally described as bland, derivative, and fundamentally unlikeable. | |
| Originality | The film fails to capitalize on its intriguing premise, instead settling into generic and predictable laboratory monster tropes. | |
| Acting | Acting suffers from a misguided, overly dramatic tone that clashes with the absurd nature of the screenplay. | |
| Direction | The direction is viewed as a poor, dry imitation of superior genre films that fails to lean into the material's inherent campiness. | |
| Humor | Opinions on the humor are divided: some view the film as a frustrating failure, while others find the sheer ineptitude of the plotting and protagonist decision-making to be unintentionally amusing. |