There's a grittier and darker edge to the way it's shot and how the story is handled, right from the beginning. Bayona – best known for his 2007 horror film The Orphanage and the 2012 tsunami disaster drama The Impossible – Fallen Kingdom takes itself quite seriously, and tries to have a solemn touch with several scientific, political, and social themes. Written by Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly, and directed by J.A. Unlike the first, which was decidedly a children's film in many ways, the follow-up makes it clear from the get-go that it wants to deliver a more satisfying story for the grown-ups. Its sequel and the fifth entry in the franchise started by Steven Spielberg – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, out this week in some parts of the world including India – doesn't have that advantage, and must attract audiences on its own worth.
A big reason for its success was the fact that audiences hadn't seen a big-budgeted dinosaur movie for a while. Despite being massively underwhelming, Jurassic World went on to garner over $1.6 billion worldwide upon its release in 2015, and still ranks in the top five films of all-time when it comes to the global box office.
