Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (dir. J.A. Bayona).

[It’s] marginally better than its predecessor but its reliant on human characters continuing to do utterly idiotic things is even more unmanageable. However, Bayona’s mostly sharp direction and sparser use of blockbuster tricks firmly ground the film in his genre filmmaking roots. At the very least, it’s a decent amount of mind-numbing, feel-bad fun and not nearly as mean-spirited as its predecessor.

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