JURASSIC WORLD (2015)

Wanted to wait before reviewing this, as it's such an adrenaline-fueled film; one of those CGI wonders that gets you pumped up while watching it, caught up in the visuals ... but later on, when you think about the film itself, proves to have little substance.  While not as good as the first but better than the sequels, Jurassic World is the story of the never-ending pursuit of more profits, as yet another dinosaur theme park, built on the site of the original, is proving to be big business.  This time though, on-site scientists have created a brand new hybrid of dinosaur - one that, of course, ends up getting loose and causing a chain reaction of panic and problems.  Chris Pratt plays his two-dimensional raptor wrangler as best he can, while Bryce Dallas Howard feels miscast as the hard-boiled park exec whose own nephews become dino-bait.  The film is rousing, the effects good, the story pretty much the same as always - but ultimately it's all style and substance; a "popcorn" movie for the senses, even as it leaves nothing behind for the heart or soul to digest. (rated PG-13)  B-