‘JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM’ CAN’T QUITE SHAKE ITS BEEN-THERE-DONE-THAT VIBE

“Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” the second entry in the proposed dino trilogy, is an improvement over 2015’s “Jurassic World,” but it can’t quite shake its beenthere, done-that vibe.

This time around, dinosaur whisperer Owen (Chris Pratt) and former park manager Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) team up to save the T. Rexes from a volcano that’s expected to decimate the creatures’ island retreat.

On the plus side, director J.A. Bayona (“The Impossible”) succeeds in bringing some personality and poetry to the beasties. But like so many modern actioners, “Fallen Kingdom” is too in thrall to mindless motion. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.

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Superfly: As needless remakes go, this update of the 1972 drama is smoothly watchable, despite the uneven performances and generic action interludes. Trevor Jackson stars as a coke dealer who is looking for one last big score so he can get out of the game. Of course there’s plenty of complications from rival drug lords and corrupt cops. Jackson isn’t much of an actor, but the movie is saved by solid supporting turns from Michael Kenneth Williams, Jason Mitchell and Jennifer Morrison. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.

Damsel: Called the first western of the #MeToo era, this deranged horse opera pivots on a pioneer romantic named Samuel (Robert Pattinson), who is hellbent on rescuing his lady love, Penelope (Mia Wasikowska), from kidnappers. But as it turns out, Penelope doesn’t need rescuing. Pattinson is too cutesy by far. His dim bulb routine — think George Clooney in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” — is bad enough to make you cringe. But once Wasikowska takes the reins of the movie, “Damsel” gets a whole lot more interesting. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.

The Big Take: Equal parts crime thriller and black comedy, this enjoyably inconsequential feature stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach as a screenwriter who finds himself inadvertently blamed for a blackmail scheme. Soon he’s knee-deep in assassins (Zoe Bell), fixers (Dan Hedaya, Bill Sage) and nosy cops (Robert Forster). Far-fetched though it is, “The Big Take” has an energy and an inside-Hollywood vibe that keeps you hooked. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.

Trench 11: Set in the waning days of World War I, this ambitious Canadian horror shocker follows a shell-shocked tunneller (Rossif Sutherland) as he sets off on a mission to destroy an underground bunker where an evil German (Robert Stadlober) has been weaponizing deadly parasites. For most of its running time, “Trench 11” toggles between meaning-of-life speeches and ultra-violence as the infected are dispatched one by one. It’s a bit drab visually, but director Leo Scherman deserves credit for drawing expert performances from his cast and for making such good use of a claustrophobic space. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.

Lake Placid Legacy: The fourth straight-to-DVD sequel to the 1999 giant alligator movie pits a handful of eco-activists (Katherine Barrell, Tim Rozon) against the hybrid beasts. One of the reasons the original movie was so much fun is that it had a cheeky sense of humor. Sadly, this cheesy follow-up plays it straight, with lots of sub-par special effects, dicey performances and an alligator so sluggish that he looks like a zombie on Nyquil. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.

The Jazz Ambassadors: Back in the mid-1950s, the American government believed the best way to win the Cold War culture conflict was by sending jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Benny Goodman all over the world. But as this fine documentary makes clear, Armstrong, in particular, refused to promote the image of a tolerant America abroad when back home, the South still practiced segregation. Boosted by terrific archival footage and compelling interviews, “The Jazz Ambassadors” examines how the U.S. State Department unwittingly gave the Civil Rights movement a voice overseas when it needed it most. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.

This is Us: The Complete Second Season: Get out your handkerchiefs. The latest batch of episodes delivers plenty of emotional fireworks as the Pearson family searches for love and fulfillment, across two decades. The standouts are Kate (Chrissy Metz), who finds herself torn between her boyfriend Toby (Chris Sullivan) and twin brother Kevin (Justin Hartley), and Randall (Sterling K. Brown) who longs to adopt a child. But arguably, the best episode unravels the central mystery about how Kate, Kevin and Randall’s father (Milo Ventimiglia) perished in a fire. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.