: When the past meets the present: in theaters “Jurassic World: Il Dominio” is the protagonist, a film conceived both as the conclusion of the “Jurassic World” trilogy, which began in 2015 and continued in 2018, and as a hypothetical final chapter of the franchise that started in 1993, with the famous and beautiful “Jurassic Park” by Steven Spielberg.
This film takes place four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar – dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans around the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether humans remain the dominant predators on a planet they now share with history’s most fearsome creatures.
Directed by Colin Trevorrow, “Jurassic World: The Dominion” combines the first trilogy of the nineties with the most recent one: it is no coincidence that, for the first time, the characters who gave rise to the story (those played by Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum) with the protagonists of the latest films (from Chris Pratt to Bryce Dallas Howard). the nineties, and in particular the first chapter, together with the youngest grown up with the last two feature films.Mixing some dynamics of the franchise’s past with the most innovative special effects of the contemporary, the film is a curious hybrid that follows other successful operations carried out recently (“Top Gun: Maverick” has also tried to broaden the audience in a similar way).
A film that works on and off
This massive blockbuster that hopes to make its box office in the next few weeks works in half: Trevorrow does not have a recognizable signature and lacks the necessary personality to be able to raise the level of a product of this type, but still manages to keep the pace high and the tension thanks to a spectacular visual apparatus and a strong dynamism that remains constant from start to finish. For fans, fun is guaranteed, even if the film lacks from an emotional point of view, due to a nostalgic side that seems more dictated by the needs of the fan service that gives an effective desire to try to create something new and courageous in the franchise. Many narrative ideas are repetitive and take away originality from an operation that could have been much more daring from many points of view. Even the reflections on the environmental theme are all too reiterated.
The double life of Madeline Collins
Among the novelties in the room there is also “The double life of Madeleine Collins” by Antoine Barraud starring Virginie Efira. The actress plays Judith, a woman who leads a double life: in Switzerland she is Abdel’s partner, from whom she had a daughter; in France, however, she lives with another man, with whom she had two children.This precarious balance, which Judith maintains thanks to lies and secrets, will begin to crumble dangerously, risking to shatter both of her existences. . Mixing thriller and drama, Barraud tells the interesting story of a woman who does not know and does not want to choose just one of her lives: a utopia, basically, that even the viewer soon begins to perceive as such in a film that manages to intrigue , despite a few too many drops with the passing of the minutes. With due proportions, “The Double Life of Madeleine Collins” is a film with a Hitchcockian flavor, capable of involving although not able to go as deep as it could. it is a bit lacking, but otherwise it is an enjoyable product and well played by Virginie Efira in a role that is anything but simple.