The sixth film in the near three-decade franchise could have been a wild ride in a dinosaur-filled dystopia, but from the opening montage, Jurassic World Dominion is a let-down.
When BIOSYN goons capture Maisie, they lead Owen and Claire — together with mercenary pilot Kayla Watts, played by DeWanda Wise — on a chase that takes them to the company's facility in Italy, where the bulk of the movie's action takes place.
Because this is the concluding series in a franchise inaugurated by Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park, all the way back in that relative time of wonder, 1993, Dominion must also find ways to crowbar original stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum into proceedings — which it does with a minimum of fanfare and a maximum of shoddy dialogue, forced plotting and contrived emotional threads.
Neill told Gizmodo he was persuaded by Trevorrow’s vision and “the idea of hanging out with Jeff and Laura again”.
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