But first starting off with the positives.
I think this is easily the best cast we've got in this franchise and yes that is purely because we got Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum back from the original film and mixing them in with Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Isabelle Sermon just gives us an ensemble cast with great chemistry and some pretty good dynamics.
But we've also got Campbell Scott who was a nice surprise to see, DeWanda Wise who I've never seen before, the actor who was in Archive 81 earlier this year so this is a really strong chemistry filled cast and there's one shot in particular with most of them together that I just loved.
As usual the special effects are spectacular and you get a lot of really good dinosaur action all throughout this film so this is certainly an entertaining film due to the dino action and there's different varieties as well. There's a fantastic chase sequence, a plane sequence, an explosive third act so you never feel bored by the film.
And my final positive is Maisies human cloning storyline gets some more depth than it did in Fallen Kingdom and by the end has a really nice resolution to it and had some strong emotional scenes as well.
Unfortunately we now have to move onto the mixed aspects of the film.
So first is the characters. Like I said it's great to see these characters again and they have great screen presence but with Claire and Owen, they lack any sort of development that advance their characters further and with Ellie and Alan, whenever they appear for the first half of the film, their scenes felt like the least exciting part of the film and with Ian, he doesn't feel like a needed part of the story until again after the first half and even with his first scenes, they feel confusing in motivations.
Now let's talk about the character of Maisie. When this film gets to a certain point, you do become invested in her character quite a bit and she gets a very good character arc as well. But when she first appears for the first act, she is very unlikeable especially when you take in the context of the ending of Fallen Kingdom and the beginning of this film.
Now this film also explores some new story ideas that I appreciate. I've always liked this trilogy is exploring new elements to the franchise and its nice to see the franchise go in a different direction but the problem is whilst some of these stories are good but they feel like they belong in a different film and at times it feels like we're watching a different film at times.
There's also some scenes in this film that are going to divide audiences and they will call these scenes respected callbacks or uninspired rehash moments and whilst for me, I saw them as callbacks, I couldn't argue with anyone who saw them as rehash moments.
Now onto the negatives, let's get the easy one out of the way. This film fails to deliver the premise that was set up in Fallen Kingdom that had me excited the most. It focuses on it for like 20 minutes, forgets all about it and goes in the least exciting direction.
The next big issue with this film is the script is all over the place and filled with unnecessary plotlines. I counted at least seven different plotlines going on and because of all these plotlines, this film suffers on a main focused story. In fact if you asked me after seeing this film, what is the story to this film? I couldn't tell you because I would be giving you some individual plotlines instead. It actually felt like someone was running down a hall with different scripts for different films, tripped and fell, got all the scripts mixed up and just handed them to the Dominion team.
The biggest disappointment though I feel are with the dinosaurs. This is the only film in this film where the dinosaurs don't feel like a focus in a film that's about dinosaurs. They've always felt like characters in each films of the franchise but in this film, they instead feel like background noise or plot devices. This film features insects that are more prominent in a film about dinosaurs.
There's also another evil cooperation in this film but I was so confused at what their motivations were and the dialogue just felt like mumbo-jumbo. Never once did I feel a clear motive within this company and the villain in charge who was the most predictable villain I've ever seen is one of the worst characters I've seen this year.
Finally the way this film ends just makes all the events in this film just feel like filler and the ending of Fallen Kingdom feel pointless. It doesn't help that we get some very cheesy scenes that feel like they're from a bad wildlife documentary.
I'll be honest, doing this review has actually made me drop my score for this film and I'm a little nervous to rewatch it. I've was always entertained by this film but now I'm wondering if I'll even like it if I see it again. It's got enough entertainment value and great actors to work with but with a lack of main focus, a messy script and a failure to live up to the hype, this is a very disappointing film and so far the film that has disappointed me the most this year.
⭐️⭐️
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