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The film probably inspired many imitators to emulate it. But hardly any succeeded. What you really have to give it credit for is the ingenious combination of CGI with real characters.

The story, on the other hand, is rather neglected. An amusement park with dinosaurs would certainly bring in a ton of money at the beginning. But at the same time, it would also cost a ton of money to maintain...just the food for the animals, because on such a small island, only a handful of dinosaurs could sustain themselves.

Overall, it's a successful mix of action and comedy.

The only thing I would have liked was for the children to be eaten by the T-Rex right at the beginning!!!

I can't give it a higher rating, as I'm not looking to evaluate the historical value here, but rather the current enjoyment of watching it.

Sold by her father, Maria is bought as a gift to deflower a son. Afterwards, her new owner sends her to his brothel in the Brazilian jungle.

The film impressively shows how women and girls are viewed as commodities in a male-dominated world. It doesn't shy away from showing us this harsh world in small bites.

Even if, of course, these only glimpses of the true harshness.

The main actress and the brothel owner deserve special credit here, for they play their roles very convincingly.

It's also good that Maria's subsequent fate isn't presented through rose-colored glasses. Because in this world where nothing is free, she can only pay with her body.

This is a good example of how such an important topic as sex trafficking is rarely properly addressed in any film.

Sure, the film is several years old, but the problem has persisted and even grown.

But in this film, nothing matches reality.

There are the traffickers who specialize in sexually exploiting young girls (children).

The main actress doesn't fit this pattern simply because of her age. Even worse, however, is how unprofessional the whole thing is. The girls are sometimes driven for hours to customers for a few hundred dollars. Or the girls' old things are stored there... what's the point of that? To secure evidence against themselves?

It's also nonsense that the girls are regularly checked to see if they've become pregnant, only to be separated and then these babies sold. A simple calculation proves that this is nonsense and that the girls would earn more if they *DON'T* get pregnant. Even worse is that girls seem to be randomly killed by the traffickers.

Overall, one could say there's a lot of action (although it's not well executed) and little meaningful plot.