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A Dinosaur, Cartel Assassin, and Superhero walk into a bar - Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, The Incredibles 2 Review

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It had been a busy week of movies for me - three in a week, namely Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, and The Incredibles 2. So let's try cram them all into one blog post. Enjoy! Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom  First on the list was the latest Jurassic Park film, classily subtitled Fallen Kingdom. Full disclosure, I really wasn't much of a fan of Jurassic World. I found the characters dull, Chris Pratt is well a prat, the major hook for the film (a fully functioned park overrun by dinos) is completely underused and plays such a minor role, and the fear factor present in the original was all but absent for the majority. In preparation for seeing Fallen Kingdom, I rewatched Jurassic World and I admit my initial criticisms on first viewing were a bit much but I still left it thinking it lacked bite. Thankfully, Fallen Kingdom brings back some of that horror that I felt was missing. The film opens with a brilliantly shot, rain slicked, horror tinged...