
It also contains scenes with nods to other sources as diverse as the work of Alfred Hitchcock and the Japanese tradition of Kaiju films such as "Godzilla" and its sequels, directed by Ishiro Honda.

As my friend and Maryland Film Festival veteran Rahne Alexander observed, it draws on aspects of the classic Spielberg archetypes such as heroic kids with broken families its characters and set pieces are constantly referencing the original 1993 film in the franchise.

With its seven credited co-writers, "Jurassic World" is also a flawed, hybrid creature.
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But if we take the film's premise seriously, that the creation of absurd monstrous hybrids for the sake of spectacle alone is a dangerous and ultimately destructive process, the movie also reads as an unintentional critique of recent tendencies in big-budget genre films including "Jurassic World" itself. The movie is two hours of big roaring fun, with some rough spots along the way as it moves toward an ending that's gut-level satisfying. The inevitable escape and ensuing havoc occurs, and dinosaurs battle it out and trash the park. DNA that the genetic engineers have used for one purpose turns out to have unanticipated side effects, and the creature they've made is even more destructive and canny than intended. With 20,000 people visiting per day, there is a pressure for continued expansion, and the board of directors demands new monsters.

The once-small struggling startup of the first film is now a huge successful corporate conglomerate theme park. The film is set in the present day, 22 years after the events in the original "Jurassic Park" movie.
