Spielberg channels Alfred Hitchcock here. The sound design (heavy breathing, snapping twigs) does the work that CGI doesn't need to. Jeff Goldblum returns as Dr. Ian Malcolm, now promoted to reluctant action hero. He’s less sarcastic philosopher and more tired dad trying to save his girlfriend (Julianne Moore, giving tough grit) and his daughter.
It is a dark, wet, rainy, paranoid thriller about divorce, parenthood, and the arrogance of capitalism. It asks the question the first film only hinted at: "What happens when we stop treating nature as a theme park?" jurassic park 2
But the villain? It’s not the dinosaurs. It’s (Arliss Howard), the "bean counter" who tries to reopen the park in San Diego. He represents corporate greed so detached from reality that he tries to wheel a baby T-Rex on a luggage cart. You almost cheer when the adult T-Rex eats his pet poodle. The San Diego Rampage: Brilliant or Bonkers? Let’s address the elephant (or the Rex) in the room: the third act. The ship’s crew is killed off-screen. The T-Rex breaks free on a suburban mainland. It drinks from a pool, eats a dog, and roars through a city street. Spielberg channels Alfred Hitchcock here