JURASSIC WORLD; FALLEN KINGDOM ***

While it may not quite be in the same league os Spielberg's original, "Jurassic World; Fallen Kingdom" is certainly the best of the sequels. It's got a better than average plot, a funny script, excellent special effects and a good cast. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are back. Jeff Goldblum makes an appearance and Rafe Spall, Toby Jones and Ted Levine are excellent villains. The director is J.A. Bayona who has already proved his mettle with the likes of "The Impossible" and "A Monster Calls" and he certainly knows how to make a monster movie. In fact, as monster movies go this one has classic written all over it, (there's even a nod in the direction of "King Kong"), and, of course, yet another sequel seems almost certain. It may play to the gallery and perhaps it's a little too in awe of the first film in the franchise but you don't go to a movie called "Jurassic World; Fallen Kingdom" expecting high art or even too much originality. I loved it.