Released June 22, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” is the latest installment of the “Jurassic Park” franchise to try to squeeze money out of a tired formula.

As of June 23, the domestic gross for the film was just over $58.5 million at the box office, according to Box Office Mojo.

The plot of the film revolves around the eruption of a volcano on the island Isla Nublar, where the Jurassic World theme park sits abandoned. Once the dinosaurs are relocated, scientists create a hybrid dinosaur far more dangerous than any creature to ever exist. Resembling a B-rated sci fi thriller with too much of a budget to play with, the film’s characters are two-dimensional, the dialogue is cheesy and the plot devices are often contrived.

While the original 1993 “Jurassic Park” film investigated how science has the potential to meddle with nature in profoundly disturbing ways, both of the “Jurassic World” films have succeeded in indulging this chaos for the sake of flashy action sequences. There is little heart or substance to tie together the sequences of violence and destruction.

The moral complexity found in the original “Jurassic Park” films is boiled down to a simple matter of good v. evil: there are good guys who want to save the dinosaurs and cartoonish corporate stooges who want to exploit them for money. How many times can the characters of these films really decide that trying out the whole “breeding bigger and badder dinosaurs” idea is a good one?

At the very least, the film deserves more credit than its 2015 predecessor for attempting something vaguely resembling a social critique. Interspersing the gore and raucous action is criticism of crony capitalists who meddle with science for the sake of profit. However, the message is so weakly enforced with stereotypes and cliches that it falls flat, never reaching a solid commentary.

The original “Jurassic Park” films stood out because of their realistic special effects. Practical models were used as opposed to CGI, and the results immersed audiences in a world where dinosaurs felt real. Unfortunately, advances in technology have only cheapened the appearances of movie monsters, making the creatures in “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” look more like they are from a video game than a piece of real cinema.

The film is a popcorn movie and while there is nothing inherently wrong with this, audiences may be left to wonder how many times a studio can crank out the same mindless, big-budget action movies.

In short, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” is not for those who were fans of the original trilogy, but instead, for those who want to cut right to the chase and see dinosaurs tearing things to shreds.