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Jurassic World Dominion is an upcoming American science fiction adventure film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who wrote the screenplay with Emily Carmichael, based on a story by Trevorrow and his writing partner, Derek Connolly. A sequel to the 2018 film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, it is the sixth film in the Jurassic Park franchise and the final film in the Jurassic World trilogy. The film is scheduled for theatrical release on June 10, 2022, in IMAX, RealD 3D, and Dolby Cinema by Universal Pictures.

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.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It basically further proof once again that Hollywood still hasn't learn their lesson about nostalgic pandering, which suffers the same problems with The Rise of Skywalker.
 * 2) Despite being the only returning antagonist of the franchise, Lewis Dodgson ends up being underwhelming. While the Biosyn locusts are indeed a threat, Dodgson himself comes across as a bumbling, idiotic character who is unable to command respect in others, doesn’t even have the means to force others into obeying him (while Hoskins and Mills had trained men and mercenaries to pose a menace, Dodgson’s biggest threat is firing Malcolm, and when Ramsay reveals he betrayed him, Dodgson can only sheepishly stare in disbelief, realizing he was indeed betrayed), and his plans get foiled surprisingly quickly due to a combination of the main characters’ actions and his own idiocy.
 * 3) Some CGI shots, especially of Blue, look fairly unconvincing. This pales in comparison to the animatronics though, which suffer from moving too stiffly and obviously robotic to looking as if they're made out of rubber, with the Giganotosaurus being the only animatronic to come anywhere close to convincing. Keeping in mind that the series used to thrive on mixing the two mediums near seamlessly.
 * 4) To a lesser extent, many of the other dinosaur scenes feel rather superfluous to the story, which doesn't utilize dinosaurs as the focus, nor do they drive the plot at any point, and they appear more out of obligation. Alan, Ellie, and Maisie are randomly menaced by the cave-dwelling Dimetrodon that didn't appear before or afterwards, Owen and Claire being chased by the Atrociraptor that also only appear in that one scene before being dropped completely, and even the Giganotosaurus only appears randomly to menace the humans near the end, seemingly just because the film was required to have some new villain dinosaur and include more crowd-pleasing dinosaur action scenes.
 * 5) * There is the Pyroraptor that menaces Kayla and Owen after the plane crash ultimately just seems to be added in for fanservice (of finally having a decently feathered raptor), because there's no buildup, it's completely irrelevant to the overall plot, and the Pyroraptor doesn't appear in any other scene.
 * 6) Despite it setting up Rexy's origins and her ancestor's rivalry with Giganotosaurus, the Prologue isn't actually in the film. Many were disappointed, as they felt it was actually better than the final film itself, in addition to providing more context for Rexy and the Giganotosaurus's relationship by establishing them as natural rivals.
 * 7) A major criticism of the film is that while there are more dinosaurs featured in this film, they're all competing for limited screentime, leaving many to feel underrepresented despite being heavily marketed in trailers and posters.
 * 8) * The Pyroraptor only shows up for one scene in the frozen dam and then never appears again in any capacity. It isn't even named within the movie itself.
 * 9) * Similarly, although it does get namedropped, the main scene for the Quetzalcoatlus lasts less than half a minute, and outside of this and the prologue is left to a couple of few second scenes within montages. In particular its real life terrestrial stalking behavior, which has been seen as Nightmare Fuel by dinosaur nerds for years, is not depicted at all.
 * 10) * The Giganotosaurus can be this for some. Despite its role as the apex predator of the Biosyn’s Dolomites dinosaur sanctuary, it does very little other than chase the main characters briefly and then having a rather short final battle against Rexy and the Therizinosaurus. Compared with previous antagonistic theropods (the Nublar raptors, the Spinosaurus and the Indominus felt like a constant threat through their movies, and the Indoraptor offers a rather chilling climatic battle), the Giga overall feels lacking. In fact, unlike the others, it doesn’t even kill anything (human or animal), except for a locust on fire.
 * 11) * Rexy’s role is surprisingly short despite her and her species being one of the most iconic animals of the franchise (and popular culture in general). Her arc of competing against the Giganotosaurus for the title of apex predator of the Dolomites only amounts to two scenes, those being one where the Giga bullies her into dropping a deer carcass she was picking and a rather short final battle, and that’s all she does for the entire movie. It feels like she was included because she’s so emblematic that they just couldn’t not include her in the climax of the saga despite her scarce role.
 * 12) * Those expecting the Mosasaurus to play a role in the movie are in for a big disappointment, as the huge marine reptile only appears in two brief shots at the beginning (where she appears snatching some spider crabs from fishermen) and the end (where she appears swimming alongside two humpback whales), having even less screentime than in Fallen Kingdom.
 * 13) * Blue's role is very reduced here, unlike the previous installments, where Blue had major roles. Here she is demoted to extra, after Beta is kidnapped, Blue disappears from the plot, she does not return until the end of Dominion, when she meets Beta again. Blue does not play a major role in this movie and she does not meet Alan Grant and the Atrociraptors at any time.
 * 14) * The Atrociraptors were built up in advertising as the Psycho Rangers to the Raptor Squad from Jurassic World, and were even given individual names in promotional material. Their role in the movie, however, basically amounts to an extended chase scene. Once Owen and Claire escape from them, they disappear from the story. They don't even encounter Blue or Beta, despite clearly being promoted as Blue's Evil Counterpart (to the point that one of them is even named Red) and their names are not mentioned.
 * 15) * For all the hype its return to the franchise got, the Dilophosaurus barely does anything other than scaring Claire. It does, however, have a much more important scene at the end where it kills Dodgson, evoking his associate Nedry’s demise in the first film.
 * 16) Overuse of pointless nostalgia-pandering and fan service, as previously stated before from BQ#1, notably the main antagonist (Lewis Dodgson) returns for absence from the previous films, only to get killed in the climax.
 * 17) Plot holes, like Dimetrodon lived during the Permian period which didn't have mosquitoes.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Michael Giacchino's score is still good.
 * 2) As to be expected from the franchise, the effects look absolutely astounding. The 4k release of the Prologue especially shows off beautifully rendered herds of dozens of dinosaurs, with the skin textures and especially feathers looking extremely lifelike.
 * 3) The acting is pretty good, thanks to the cast reprised the roles, including Chris Pratt and, of course, Sam Neill.

Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 30% of 369 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The website's consensus reads, "Jurassic World Dominion might be a bit of an improvement over its immediate predecessors in some respects, but this franchise has lumbered a long way down from its classic start.". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 38 out of 100, based on 59 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". It is the lowest-rated film of the series on both websites. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a 73% overall positive score, with 57% saying they would definitely recommend it.

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Trivia

 * Unlike its two predecessors and like the first three installments, Legendary Entertainment is not involved in its production, as Universal cut ties with the company in 2019 after the expiration of their four-year deal.