Dinosaurs are more real than ever in Jurassic World

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in Jurassic World. Chuck Zlotnick / Universal Pictures via AP

The fearsome dinosaurs from the 1993 classic Jurassic Park are back for their fourth outing this week – and they're genetically modified and computer-­animated to be more terrifying than ever.

Co-produced by Steven Spielberg – who directed the first two films – Jurassic World takes us back to the island theme park where scientists have revived T-Rex and Co for paying ­customers.

Only this time, in a bid to rejuvenate the park’s dwindling fortunes, they have created a new hybrid dino that is particularly huge. And intelligent. And lethal.

The movie, with an estimated budget of $150-180 million (Dh550m-Dh661m) – and a sequel that is already in the works – opens in the UAE tonight and is due out around much of the world this week.

Spielberg’s original blockbuster used a combination of stop-motion filming with dinosaur models and primitive computer-generated technology, which was unprecedented at the time.

But Jurassic fans will get their money's worth with the new movie: the CGI effects are spectacular with flying and swimming dinos constantly snapping at the heels of their prey.

“We used many different techniques during the film and animatronics was one when we needed the actors to be up close with the animals,” said the director.

Animatronics creates robots with a latex skin, making the creatures look alive and able to be controlled remotely by computers.

The movie is essentially great entertainment – and nothing more.

“I don’t think it’s a message movie and I’m certainly not here to preach,” said Trevorrow. “There’s something in the film about our greed and our desire for profit.”

This trend is also embodied by Claire, the theme park’s young marketing boss, who is so obsessed that she neglects the safety of her two nephews who come to visit for the first time in years.

“The quest for profit has compromised her own humanity,” said red-headed actress Howard, the daughter of actor-turned-­director Ron Howard.

But she added: “As the story evolves, so does she.

“She goes out to the jungle and her white clothes are ripped up, she gets bruised and she’s sweaty but she doesn’t take off her heels,” Howard added.

“By the end of the film, the fact she’s courageously sprinting in those shoes to me represents her strength, her power, and the side of her that is a true warrior.”