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You can purchase the game for $4.99 on both Android and on iOS. WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, TT GAMES, THE LEGO GROUP AND UNIVERSAL BRAND DEVELOPMENT INVITE PLAYERS ON AN EPIC MOBILE ADVENTURE INLEGO® JURASSIC WORLDTM ON iPHONE, iPAD, iPOD TOUCH & ANDROID DEVICES All Four Jurassic Films in One Action-Packed Mobile Game, Available on the App Store and Google Play Today Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and Universal Brand Development today announced the release of LEGO ® Jurassic World™ for the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices, available now on the App Store and Google Play. For the first time ever with a LEGO videogame, players can use Apple’s 3D Touch controls to enhance their experience. The action-packed adventure game brings the excitement of all four Jurassic films to one mobile game for the first time, spanning more than two decades of epic films from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, including Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III and the recent box office blockbuster Jurassic World.
Reimagined with TT Games’ signature LEGO humour, the thrilling adventure recreates unforgettable scenes and action sequences from the films, allowing fans to experience for themselves the franchise’s most memorable moments and the opportunity to fully explore the expansive grounds of Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna. “We’re excited to bring the adventure of LEGO Jurassic World to mobile devices,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games. “From creating and playing as a dinosaur, to journeying through Isla Nublar and beyond, fans can now immerse themselves directly into the action of the iconic film franchise wherever and whenever they want.” In LEGO Jurassic World, players can take on the roles of exciting Jurassic film characters, such as Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard), Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) and Dr. Wu (BD Wong), throughout 20 story levels on a mission to collect precious amber containing dinosaur DNA. Players can use the DNA to build their dino collection, mix their pieces to create an original species with the Dino Customiser by mixing and matching colour, body parts and abilities or fill the giant footsteps of the LEGO dinosaurs and actually play the game as the beasts themselves!
ActionBalance BoardCasualEducationalFightingMotionPlusMovies & TVMusic & PartyPuzzle & CardsRole-PlayingShooterSimulationSportsStrategyStrategy Guides Batteries & ChargersCables & AdaptorsControllersGame SystemsGear & ApparelHeadsets & MicsInteractive Gaming FiguresMemoryMounts & BracketsRepair & CleaningStorage & Cases Disney INFINITY Crystal Series Lone Ranger Figure Ships to U.S. addresses only It’s been a long time since we last saw the Western icon The Lone Ranger on the big screen, and if this reboot from the team behind the Pirates of the Caribbean movies flops then it might also be the last time we see him. Sadly, this fan of the Lone Ranger and Westerns in general didn't find enough in this Gore Verbinski-directed reboot to believe it will connect with audiences in a meaningful enough way to sustain the character's cultural longevity. This is an origin film about how stolid, young lawyer John Reid (Armie Hammer) becomes a masked avenger after his big brother and model lawman Dan Reid (James Badge Dale) and the Texas Rangers are wiped out by outlaw Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner).
Reid teams with the offbeat Comanche spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp), who has his own deeply personal reasons for pursuing Cavendsh. (Tonto's dramatic backstory is the best and most interesting aspect of this incarnation, but it's at odds with Depp's otherwise loopy portrayal.) The villains include Latham Cole (Tom Wilkinson, playing a Western version of his character from The Ghost & the Darkness), a railroad baron (yes, another movie about the coming of the railroad). There's a subplot around a silver mine as well as some chatter about Cavendish being a Wendigo and nature being out of balance that sort of goes nowhere. Lots of action, including astoundingly staged locomotive set-pieces and heavy gunplay, ensues. Depp and Hammer mug for the camera throughout, with Depp especially digging deep into his tired bag of tricks here (bug-eyed reactions, silent movie actor movements). While Reid is still a good guy, he's also kind of a jerk who seems to luck out more than he is skilled at fighting bad guys.
He largely treats Tonto like crap, while the latter believes fate's entwined him with "the wrong [Reid] brother" (that's what this film's "Ke-mo sah-bee" means). This is a very different and far less effective dynamic to have given this legendary duo. The leads have good chemistry despite the script's shortcomings, but they're acting in a far goofier film than Fichtner’s gruesome Cavendish, who eats his victim’s hearts. Seriously, what the hell’s THAT doing in a Lone Ranger movie? There's several dark and egregiously violent moments in what's ostensibly a lighthearted, family-friendly romp. Latham Cole is a standard issue Western businessman baddie, but he also has lascivious designs toward Dan Reid's widow Rebecca (Ruth Wilson), who was John's love before he went east. With Dan gone, John is poised to become the man in both her and her son's lives. Too bad there's nothing to Rebecca beyond being a damsel in distress. It's a bland role, and Wilson brings precious little pizazz to make it more than what it is on the page.
Besides the movie’s wildly inconsistent tone, The Lone Ranger also succumbs to the same sort of excesses that plagued the Pirates sequels. Director Gore Verbinski sure can stage action set-pieces; he just doesn’t know when enough’s enough.The film's two major train set-pieces are effectively designed as crowdpleasers that nevertheless still ring hollow. The movie chugs along, lurching from sequence to sequence but only really rouses to life as an action-adventure when the "William Tell Overture" (aka the Lone Ranger theme) finally kicks in and we see Reid galloping across the roofs of (and through) train cars astride Silver, his famous steed who might be the movie's most endearing and appealing character. Speaking of characters, this is another area where the film is overstuffed. There are also several characters that could’ve been cut out entirely and not affect the final film, such as Helena Bonham Carter’s madam or Barry Pepper’s cavalry officer. One's a sight gag and the other is an extraneous villain and neither is particularly interesting, which is disappointing considering Bonham Carter could've been a scene stealer had the movie given her more to do.