Jurassic World: Dominion

Concluding the second trilogy of the franchise, Jurassic World: Dominion is not strong in writing but still really fun. After dinosaurs have been set loose on Earth, humanity has a hard time adapting to the giant animals affecting them in different ways, all the while Owen and Claire have been taking care of Maisie, the cloned daughter of Hammond's partner. After Owen learns that Blue, a velociraptor he once trained, had a baby it and Maisie are kidnapped by mercenaries on behalf of Biosyn, corporation that is trying to control dinosaurs. At the same time, Ellie Sattler reconnects with Alan Grant to investigate giant locusts that have been going after a large number of crops. This leads them to Ian Malcolm, who is working with Biosyn, as they suspect the corporation being behind the crop attacks. In the end, the two parties eventually meet as they deal with both the dinosaurs, mercenaries, and locusts in order to defeat Biosyn. Lets face it, this trilogy wasn't the best compared to the first three, a lot of the writing was weak, the characters would be a bit over the top, and it often over relied on nostalgia. However, unlike most I did like the use of giant locusts since at least it was something new to this franchise and was handled rather well. The cast all provide really strong performances and having the original cast and the new one not meet until the end is done perfectly. Colin Trevorrow, who has been cowriter of the series since the first Jurassic World, returns to direct and does an okay job with the writing but his direction is really good and gives us memorable action scenes. As standard with this franchise, having lots of dinosaurs means lots of effects, with most of the CG and practical use being well done. If the franchise ever returns in the next decade or two, I wouldn't mind if they continued from where Jurassic World: Dominion left off but they at least fix the issues it had. Over all: 85%

2022 top list so far:

1. Top Gun: Maverick

2. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

3. The Northman

4. The Batman

5. Dog

6. Everything Everywhere All at Once

7. X 2022

8. Scream 2022

9. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

10. Jurassic World: Dominion

11. Sonic the Hedgehog 2

12. Uncharted