What’s It About
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, 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.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
This is the sixth and final film (according to the studio) in the Jurassic franchise. And within the first few minutes, it easily surpasses the others in sound and video quality. Everything else, however, is debatable. The storyline is filled with side plots, backstories, a very hard to envision reality, and of course, nostalgia. JW: Dominion picks up four years after JW: Fallen Kingdom. And based on everything they tried so hard to explain, it was a hectic and fast-paced four years. The Jurassic movies have tried so hard to make us believe dinosaurs are real again, and for the most part, it seemed like it could be a reality. Jurassic Park gave us a probable origin, with a seemingly final demise of the created dinos. Then in Jurassic Park 2, we discover another island of dinosaurs breeding and living well. In JP3, we go back to the same island on a rescue mission to save some rich people that accidentally came upon the island of creatures. Fifteen years later, the process was started over again near Costa Rica. Another theme park filled with every type of dino plus a new, completely lab-created creature. Things go wrong, and you can guess the rest. Total destruction ensued, and three years later, it’s back to the original second island in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. A lot of things happened, people were killed, and the island was being destroyed by the volcano. That should have been the end of it, but the good guys wanted to save the dinos, while the bad guys wanted to save the dinos. . .and sell them for profit. That leads us here. Jurassic World: Dominion, where dinosaurs live among us like any other animal. You’ve seen videos where a bear or cougar has wandered into someone’s yard. Instead of a bear or cougar, it’s a velociraptor or Dilophosaurus rummaging through your trash. With each film, the idea of living dinosaurs becomes so outlandish that no amount of storytelling could convince the average adult that a prehistoric creature could roam the earth in this day and age. Unfortunately, that’s what you need to believe to fully enjoy this film. Once you pass that hurdle, you need to believe that no government on the planet is aware of the amount of corruption going on at Biosyn, a multi-billion dollar corporation with access to every dinosaur’s DNA. If you’re still engrossed by this fantastic sci-fi POS, you’re ready to move on to the next part. Our “heroes,” Owen and Claire (from the Jurassic World movies), Dr. Sattler and Dr. Grant (from the Jurassic Park films), and a helpful former Air Force pilot named Kayla were able to infiltrate the island owned by Biosyn. Lastly, you need to believe that even though this is the first time any of our heroes have ever been to this highly secure dinosaur-infested island, they were able to finagle their way into highly secured sections of the compound, get what they came for, and leave without getting shot by a guard or eaten by a dinosaur. So, if you can stay entranced within this creature-ridden world after all of the blatant crater-sized plot holes, then, by all means, go see Jurassic World: Dominion.
OUR RATING – A JURASSIC-SIZED 5