We are absolutely busting here in the FC Paddock as Jurassic World finds a way to crack through the shell of our shabby bias. Fallen Kingdom is investing since it takes us off the island, engineers new story lines and endorses new characters. And it cleverly reminisces the original, rousing more smiles than eye rolls.

When rain falls on Isla Nublar, DNA mischief is afoot and this ominous tension is quite the relief, for us. Claire (Howard) has undergone a complete character flip while her dalliance with Owen (Pratt) seems in doubt, or, at least, funny. So, from the outset, we greet morality, humor and relationships; the Jurassic triple play. And that’s how you reignite story excitement.

Lockwood (Cromwell), gripping his amber handled cane, is neatly assuaged into the history but it is his granddaughter, Maisie (Sermon), who owns this story. Wise to the shady ways of Mills (Spall), Maisie wiggles through the nooks of the estate, gaining an advantage and our favor. Honestly though, despite the excitement, the untapped dinosaur black market lacks the zest of a great villainous plot.

Fallen Kingdom provides enough talon-tapping fun to restore our faith in paleontology, preserving 3.49 napkins out of 5.