Jurassic World Dominion is stomping in like it’s the long-awaited conclusion to a trilogy we've been following with baited breath but it brings nothing new to its franchise. The picture seems to have no ambitions beyond being “another Jurassic Park movie”. That’s not enough, certainly not when you have all of these characters, find nothing to do with them, and then cap off your story with a message that contradicts everything we've seen so far.
Four years after the incident that released countless dinosaur species into our world, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) are protecting them from poachers while taking care of Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) - the first human clone. When Maisie and the Velociraptor Beta, are captured by bounty hunters and sent to the government-approved Biosyn Genetics company, Claire, Owen, and their pilot, Kayla Watts (DeWanda Wise) set out to rescue them. Meanwhile, paleobotanist Dr. Eli Sattler (Laura Dern) discovers a swarm of giant locusts who devour all crops except those grown from Biosyn seeds. With the help of paleontologist Allan Grant (Sam Neill), she hopes to approach Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) - working at Biosyn - for answers.
I suspect you can already tell why Dominion goes awry. This picture has too many characters and it's stuffing them all, along with the dinosaurs together in this bloated story that requires people to wind up in this one location when they’ve got no business going there. Why would supervillain Dr. Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott, playing the guy who gave Dennis Nedry the shaving cream container in Jurassic Park) hire Malcolm? So the chaotician can demoralize his staff with lectures Monday-through-Friday? Why did "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" tell us that Blue is the last Velociraptor if we’re just going to retcon that away and give her the ability to reproduce asexually? If the movie wanted more velociraptors, just pick more raptor-like dinosaurs and have them attack our heroes! In fact, it does! with two different species!
Shockingly, this “concluding chapter in the Jurassic World Trilogy” is not all that interested in its dinosaurs. The locusts and Maisie turn out to be the biggest motivators for the heroes, meaning you could rewrite and shorten this movie significantly by removing the thunder-lizards from the plot entirely. I suspect director Colin Trevorrow (who co-wrote the screenplay with Emily Carmichael and has made nothing but clunkers since 2015) just didn’t know what to do with this series. For anyone reading, I’ve got a premise for you: A group of researchers need to recover critical cancer research from a laboratory deep in a valley now infested with dinosaurs. Instant high stakes, likeable characters, and the cretacious-era beasts are back to being horror movie antagonists. I can tell you're excited already!
We’re introduced to multiple prehistoric reptiles that ultimately all play second banana to the ones we saw in the original film and feel like they’ve been selected to give us something new… but not so new. Is Giganotosaurus significantly different from the Indominus Rex? I don’t see how. Then it ends on a note that should make even the most hardcore future paleontologists raise an eyebrow. We’re told that humans and dinosaurs might just be able to live together, that the leviathanesque Mosasaurus could live alongside whales, Triceratops among rhinoceroses, etc. That message might not ring so hollow if we hadn’t just watched six movies where prehistoric carnivores did nothing but eat people.
In this movie’s defence, the special effects are convincing. While the characters aren’t all that well utilized, it is a treat to see the cast of Jurassic Park together again. Jurassic World Dominion has many scenes of dinosaurs in urban settings, several of which feature people getting gobbled up, which I'm sure will delight many. I suppose this will tidy me over until we get that inevitable adaptation of Dinosaurs Attack! but what we have here is another Rise of Skywalker: a concluding chapter that had no idea what it wanted to be. (3D Theatrical version on the big screen, June 12, 2022)
Since Steven Spielberg adapted Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park novel over three decades ago, several generations have grown up with tales of a world in which dinosaurs and man walked the earth (with the help of computer-generated imagery, and full-size robotics).
In 2015, Colin Trevorrow took the helm of a new series based on Crichton and Spielberg’s work. However, the last entry in this series…
Four years after the Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. “This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history’s most fearsome creatures.” (Universal Pictures)
Jurassic World Dominion stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, BD Wong, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Omar Sy, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Dichen Lachman, Scott Haze, and Campbell Scott. The film is directed by Colin Trevorrow. The screenplay by Emily Carmichael and Trevorrow from a story by Derek Connolly and Trevorrow.
Jurassic World Dominion hits theaters on June 10, 2022.
Jurassic World: Dominion. Disappointed Fan Review.
Not as bad as you might have heard. Not particularly good either.
Ever since this viewer first, saw it as part of a 2011 UK cinema re-release the original Jurassic Park has been in his top five favourite films. The ground-breaking effects may be starting to look like a product of their time but the sheer scale and construction of the set-piece sequences still have the power to create cinematic wonder all these years later. The original sequels have their…
Operating at a full-tilt pace, this sequel is packed with exciting action scenes, has a solid story, compelling bad guys, and features dinosaurs aplenty.
It sometimes feels like blockbuster sequels are doomed to fail, at least with critics, just because they’re made with pure entertainment in mind. If you’re a moviegoer headed into this latest entry in the “Jurassic Park” franchise expecting high art, you’re doing it wrong.
“Jurassic World: Dominion” isn’t the type of movie that will challenge or push your brain to its limits — and it doesn’t…
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nobler and the dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world, creating a rather difficult and strange civilisation. Things are about to take another turn when crops are destroyed by locust which were thought to be extinct.
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Below the cut, you will find our list of face claims featured on our canon list. Enjoy this sneak peak at what is coming your way when the canon lists start being released this week!
FC List:
Abigail Cowen
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Amita Suman
Amy Adams
Ana de Armas
André De Shields
Andrew Garfield
Angela Bassett
Anna Kendrick
Anne Hathaway
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Mackie
Anya Chalotra
Anya Taylor Joy
Aja Naomi King
Avan Jogia
Avantika
Audra McDonald
Austin Butler
Beanie Feldstein
Ben Barnes
Beyoncé
BD Wong
Bette Midler
Caleb McLaughlin
Camila Mendes
Catherine O'Hara
Charles Melton
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chloe Bennet
Chloe Bailey
Christina Hendricks
Christina Nadin
Chrissy Metz
Cody Christian
Constance Wu
Courtney Eaton
Dakota Johnson
Danai Gurira
Daniel Ezra
Daniel Wu
Danny Trejo
David Harbour
Deepika Padukone
Denzel Washington
Dev Patel
Diana Silvers
Diane Keaton
Dianna Agron
Dove Cameron
Dylan O'Brien
Eddie Redmayne
Eiza González
Emily Alyn Lind
Eva Longoria
Ewan McGregor
Fan Bingbing
Felix Mallard
Florence Pugh
Froy Gutierrez
Gabrielle Union
Gemma Chan
George Takei
Gillian Anderson
Gina Rodriguez
Gina Torres
Hailee Steinfeld
Halle Bailey
Harrison Ford
Harry Shum JR
Harry Styles
Henry Cavill
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Hunter Schafer
Hugh Jackman
Idris Elba
J. Cameron-Smith
Jacob Artist
Jacob Elordi
Jameela Jamil
James McAvoy
Jamie Chung
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jasmin Savoy Brown
Jason Momoa
Jason Sudekis
Jean Smart
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Wright
Jenna Ortega
Jensen Ackles
Jesse Williams
Jessica Chastain
JK Simmons
Joe Locke
John Boyega
John Cho
John Krasinski
Jon Hamm
Jonathan Bailey
Jordan Connor
Jordan Peele
Julianne Moore
Justice Smith
Kate Winslet
Kathryn Hahn
Kathryn Newton
Keanu Reeves
Keith Powers
Keke Palmer
Kerry Washington
Kit Connor [1]
Kit Connor [2]
KJ Apa
Kristen Bell
Kumail Nanjiani
Lana Condor
Laura Harrier
Lauren Ridloff
Leonardo DiCaprio
Letita Wright
Lili Reinhart
Liv Hewson
Logan Browning
Logan Lerman
Loretta Devine
Lupita Nyong'o
Mädchen Amick
Madelyn Cline
Madison Bailey
Mahershala Ali
Manny Jacinto
Manny Montana
Margot Robbie
Mark Consuelos
Mark Hamill
Mario Lopez
Mason Gooding
Maude Apatow
Megan thee Stallion
Melanie Lynskey
Melissa Barrera
Michael Cimino
Michael Evans Behling
Michael Fassbender
Michael Peña
Michael Shannon
Michelle Yeoh
Morgan Freeman
Naomi Scott
Natalia Dyer
Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Nina Dobrev
Noah Centineo
Normani
Octavia Spencer
Olivia Coleman
Olivia Rodrigo
Oscar Isaac
Paul Rudd
Pedro Pascal
Phoebe Deynover
Phoebe Tonkin
Phylicia Rashad
Priyanka Chopra
Rachel Weisz
Rachel Zegler
Rahul Kohli
Reese Witherspoon
Regé-Jean Page
Renee Rapp [1]
Renee Rapp [2]
Riz Ahmed
Robert Pattinson
Robert Downey JR
Rome Flynn
Rosamund Pike
Rose Byrne
Rudy Pankow
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Guzman
Ryan Reynolds
Sadie Sink
Sam Claflin
Samantha Logan
Samara Weaving
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Oh
Sara Ramirez
Sarah Jeffrey
Sarah Paulson
Sebastian Stan
Selena Gomez
Sigourney Weaver
Simu Liu
Shawn Mendes
Skeet Ulrich
Sophia Ali
Sophia Bush
Sophie Turner
Sonam Kapoor
Sophie Thatcher
Sterling K. Brown
Steve Martin
Steven Yeun
Storm Reid
Sydney Sweeney [1]
Sydney Sweeney [2]
Taika Waititi
Tati Gabrielle
Taraji P. Henson
Taron Egerton
Taye Diggs
Taylor Zakhar Perez
Ted Danson
Timothée Chalamet
Thomas Doherty
Tom Blyth
Tom Ellis
Tom Hardy
Tom Holland
Tony Goldwyn
Tyler James Williams
Tyler Posey
Uzo Adubo
Victoria Pedretti
Viola Davis
Whoopi Goldberg
Wolfgang Novogratz
Will Smith
Willem Dafoe
William Jackson Harper
Winona Ryder
Winston Duke
Yasmin Finney
Zayn Malik
Zendaya
Zoey Deutch