Jurassic World (2015)
Jurassic World is a 2015 adventure movie directed by Colin Trevorrow, with a running time of 2h 4m. It stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Irrfan Khan.
Twenty-two years after the original park failed, Isla Nublar finally has the working attraction John Hammond dreamed of: Jurassic World, a slick resort where families ride gyrospheres past grazing herds of cloned dinosaurs. Attendance is flat, so the park's scientists engineer a bigger, scarier draw, a hybrid built for spectacle rather than sense. Chris Pratt plays Owen, a former Navy man who trains velociraptors; Bryce Dallas Howard is the operations director whose careful plans unravel once the new asset gets loose. Director Colin Trevorrow leans into big-budget summer thrills and a knowing nod to consumer appetite.
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What is Jurassic World about?
Twenty-two years after the original park failed, Isla Nublar finally has the working attraction John Hammond dreamed of: Jurassic World, a slick resort where families ride gyrospheres past grazing herds of cloned dinosaurs. Attendance is flat, so the park's scientists engineer a bigger, scarier draw, a hybrid built for spectacle rather than sense. Chris Pratt plays Owen, a former Navy man who trains velociraptors; Bryce Dallas Howard is the operations director whose careful plans unravel once the new asset gets loose. Director Colin Trevorrow leans into big-budget summer thrills and a knowing nod to consumer appetite.
When was Jurassic World released?
Jurassic World was released on 6 June 2015.
How long is Jurassic World?
Jurassic World runs 2h 4m.
Who made Jurassic World?
Jurassic World was directed by Colin Trevorrow.
Where can I watch Jurassic World?
Jurassic World is available on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies and YouTube.
Where to watch Jurassic World
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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A few thoughts on Jurassic World
For more creatures-versus-humans tension, play The Last of Us, where survival means outrunning things faster and stronger than you. Stranger Things brings a similar mix of a secret experiment breaking containment and ordinary people improvising to survive. And Doctor Who offers a lighter, endlessly inventive take on running from monsters across strange worlds.
Giant creatures break loose
Jurassic World builds a theme park around living dinosaurs and then lets the biggest one off its leash. These blockbusters chase the same primal thrill, filling the screen with towering monsters and the small humans running from them, whether the beasts are cloned, radioactive or risen from deep time.
Survival when the science bites back
The scares in Jurassic World come from human hubris, an engineered predator that outgrows its makers. These stories run on the same dread, following ordinary people who must survive an experiment or an outbreak that turned on them, across a game, a series, a manga and a couple of tense films.
Adventures into lost and hidden worlds
Part of the pull of Jurassic World is the wonder of stepping somewhere that should not exist. These adventures scratch that itch, dropping explorers into forgotten realms and impossible landscapes where nature has gone strange and every discovery might turn dangerous.