Review of Jurassic World Dominion (2022) by Sirdiddymus — 06 Jul 2022

What a massive disappointment after the great set up & premise left by fallen Kingdom. This premise is pretty much explained away by some random narrator in the first 5 mins. The film instead decides to focus on the cloned genetics of one little girl? Isn't this franchise about dinosaurs? I got so excited after fallen kingdom to finally see the dinosaurs fully incorporated into the human world & see how they learn to coexist if they do at all. But no....little girl clone & locusts? That's what we get? Then this is backed up with hideously atrocious acting. Every new character who wasn't in any of the previous movies puts in horrible acting displays one after another. One particular stand out display is a asian lady dinosaur smuggler. It seems like they just went with the first take on alot of these scenes. Like yeah that will do. The premise & scenes are at times so utterly ridiculous & comical. At one point people gather around & cheer a fight while 2 man eating dinosaurs have just been released behind them & have already started attacking & feeding on humans...but aload of guys are like yeah but there is a knife fight here....let's take bets!

So utterly disappointing....i love this franchise but this is a travesty with none of the magic of the originals & tbh little respect for the heart & magic of the previous installments. The original cast are brought back, only to be made background filler...maybe some attempt to get more bums in seats. Far too big a cast like so many movies these days so you dont have any time to get attached or care for anybody properly. Not that any scenes would back that up. I never felt the stakes were high at any point or cared enough. Its just one action set piece after another utterly devoid of soul or heart. It really is just content filler like so much else these days. We live in the age of cinema that produces & celebrates mediocrity.