Genre: Action, Adventure
Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Produced by Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley
Written by Emily Carmichael, Colin Trevorrow
Story by Derek Connolly, Colin Trevorrow
Based on Characters by Michael Crichton
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, BD Wong, Omar Sy & Campbell Scott.
Cinematography: John Schwartzman
Edited by Mark Sanger
Music by Michael Giacchino
Production companies: Amblin Entertainment, Perfect World Pictures
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
The plot: 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.
I was so looking forward to this final Jurassic World film.
Jurassic World Dominion was a disappointment.
Pros: My best experience from this film tonight was that they delivered with the selling point of this film having both the original and new cast being in the same movie together and the world dealing with the outbreak set from the last film. Both casts had each equal screen time doing their own things before getting together. I got into the tense of the drama and I like how silly this film can be at times.
Cons: Characters like Kayla, Ramsay, Soyona and Ramsay were pointless and felt they had nothing to do in this film at all. I wish they had changed the main title into “Domination” or “Armageddon” and I didn’t like the ending that much.
The Casts:
- Chris Pratt as Owen Grady:
An ethologist, Navy vet, and former Jurassic World employee who was responsible for training Velociraptors. He is Claire’s boyfriend and Maisie’s adoptive father. - Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing:
The former Jurassic World park manager and founder of the Dinosaur Protection Group. She is Owen’s girlfriend and Maisie’s adoptive mother. - Laura Dern as Dr. Ellie Sattler:
A paleobotanist and one of the consultants who traveled to John Hammond’s original Jurassic Park. - Jeff Goldblum as Dr. Ian Malcolm:
A mathematician in chaos theory and former consultant for Jurassic Park as well a key figure involved in the San Diego incident depicted in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). - Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant:
A paleontologist who was consulted for Jurassic Park and is a survivor of the Isla Sorna expedition depicted in Jurassic Park III (2001). - DeWanda Wise as Kayla Watts: A former Air Force pilot who aids Owen and Claire on their mission
- Mamoudou Athie as Ramsay Cole: Head of Communications of Biosyn
- Isabella Sermon as Maisie Lockwood: A clone of Benjamin Lockwood’s daughter that he raised as his granddaughter and is under the care of Owen and Claire. Sermon also plays the young Charlotte Lockwood, with Elva Trill portraying her as an adult.
- Campbell Scott as Dr. Lewis Dodgson: The CEO of Biosyn Genetics, a rival company of InGen. Scott replaces Cameron Thor from Jurassic Park (1993).
- BD Wong as Dr. Henry Wu: The lead geneticist behind the dinosaur cloning programs at Jurassic Park and Jurassic World.
- Omar Sy as Barry Sembène: An animal trainer who worked with Owen at Jurassic World.
- Justice Smith as Franklin Webb: A former Jurassic World technician and dinosaur rights activist.
- Daniella Pineda as Dr. Zia Rodriguez: A paleo-veterinarian and dinosaur rights activist.
I still recommend watching the first too Jurassic World movies before watching this one in the cinema.
Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.