Movie science can get quirky

Science: humanity’s greatest achievement and quite possibly the cause for its downfall. At least according to the entertainment industry.

In “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” the world reels in the aftermath of scientific hubris, specifically a disaster at a dinosaur theme park. Survivors must decide whether they will save the dinosaurs left on Isla Nublar or let them die off when a volcano erupts.

Of course, a little greed paired with scientific resources means not everything goes according to plan.

But the “Jurassic Park” films are just the latest in a long line of films and television shows parading the horrific results of science experiments gone awry. Here are a few of the others:

‘Rampage’ (2018)

When an escape pod from a research space station disintegrates upon its reentry to Earth, an experimental pathogen designed to rewrite genetic code is accidentally spread across the U.S. Among those exposed are a crocodile, a gray wolf and an albino gorilla named George. George was living in a wildlife preserve after being rescued from poachers by primate specialist Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson). The pathogen — which was being developed as a biological weapon — causes the animals to become gigantic and increasingly aggressive (see also “Food of the Gods”), particularly when exposed to a specific sonic trigger. “Rampage” is loosely based on the 1980s video game with the same name.