Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (PG-13)
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Well, most of my "Jurassic" movie reviews, I filed under "giant monsters". But this time I just sort of feel "action" is the best fit. Of course, all the movies in the franchise are action movies, mixed with science fiction and horror. And this one still basically has a sci-fi concept, and there's still plenty of scary dinosaur rampaging, but this time the dinosaurs were ultimately the victims, not the main antagonists. So... yeah, I'm just going with "action".

Three years after Jurassic World was abandoned, a volcano is about to erupt on Isla Nublar, which could be an extinction-level event for the cloned dinosaurs. There is some debate as to whether or not to try to save them before this happens, or just let them die out. Dr. Ian Malcom testifies before the Senate that they should die, and Congress votes to do just that. But then a private company steps in with a plan to rescue as many of the dinosaurs as they can, and move them to a new sanctuary. Claire Dearing is part of a group that wants to save the dinosaurs, and she is contacted by Eli Mills, a representative of Sir Benjamin Lockwood (James Cromwell), who we learn was formerly John Hammond's partner in the original project to clone dinosaurs. We also meet Lockwood's young granddaughter, Maisie. Anyway, Mills wants Claire to try to convince Owen Grady to return to the island to help find Blue, the only surviving velociraptor who had been trained by Owen in the previous movie. So, Claire and Owen join Mills's contracted team of mercenaries, along with a systems analyst named Franklin Webb (Justice Smith) and a paleo-veterinarian named Dr. Zia Rodriguez. The mercenaries are led by Ken Wheatley (Ted Levine).

While on the island, Claire and Owen discover that Mills is actually planning to sell the rescued dinosaurs on the black market. Meanwhile, back at Lockwood's estate, Maisie learns the same thing when she overhears Mills talking with Mr. Eversoll (Toby Jones), who will later oversee the dinosaur auction. She warns her grandfather, but... well, he can't stop Mills from carrying out his plan. Mills has also hired Dr. Henry Wu, who created a new type of dinosaur called Indoraptor, a hybrid of Indominus rex and velociraptor. The reason they want Blue so badly is because she had been trained to follow commands, and Wu believes that trait could be passed on genetically to more Indoraptors, making them useful for military operations. So, Claire and Owen have to try to thwart Mills's plans.

And that's all I want to reveal of the plot, though there will be a third Jurassic World movie which I'm sure will deal the consequences of something that happens at the end of this movie. Anyway, I found the movie reasonably entertaining, though not as much so as the previous movie.