10 Best Action Movie Scenes Of 2018 (So Far)
10. The Volcano Erupts - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The fifth Jurassic Park may not be a particularly good movie, but audiences certainly got plenty of bang for their buck during the first act's volcanic eruption sequence on Isla Nublar.
Stand-out moments include a paralysed Owen (Chris Pratt) desperately attempting to pull himself away from approaching lava, the iconic T-Rex showing up to "save" Owen from another dinosaur while the volcano spews molten rock all over the place, and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Franklin (Justice Smith) taking a tumble into the ocean inside a Gyrosphere.
The Gyrosphere sequence is especially well-executed, shot as a single take by director J.A. Bayona, all while various dinosaurs can be seen drowning in the water around Claire and Franklin. Grim.
The heroes just barely manage to sneak on-board a boat in order to escape, but before the scene ends, audiences are left with one genuinely upsetting final glimpse of a Brachiosaurus being consumed by the volcano.
Sure, you still have to put up with some offputtingly dumb moments in the sequence - Owen outrunning the volcano's pyroclastic flow and Franklin's ear-splitting screaming - but it's easily the best-crafted and most entertaining set-piece in the entire movie regardless.