Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) – IMDb: 6.1

Director: Colin Trevorrow Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
Jurassic World: Dominion marks the epic conclusion to the Jurassic World trilogy, where dinosaurs now roam freely alongside humans across the planet.

As the world grapples with the new reality of co-existing with genetically resurrected creatures, former Jurassic Park experts Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) team up with Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) to investigate a sinister plot involving bioengineering and the manipulation of the ecosystem.

The film delivers on its promise of dinosaur action with stunning visual effects, showcasing epic battles between humans and massive prehistoric creatures. While the action is exhilarating and the stakes are high, Jurassic World: Dominion also attempts to explore deeper ethical questions about genetic modification and the balance between humanity and nature. Though the film received mixed reviews for its pacing and plot, it still provides a thrilling spectacle for fans of the franchise, tying up the saga’s overarching narrative of science gone wrong.

With 1990’s “Jurassic Park,” novelist Michael Crichton took a hard look at what was happening in the field of genetic research and warned, via mathematician Ian Malcolm, “Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something.”

Across six movies and massive advances in visual effects technology, Hollywood has been wrestling with a version of that same craven because-they-can impulse. The original “Jurassic Park” film was the kind of accomplishment whose creation effectively justified its existence: Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster pushed the limits of what movies could depict, while keeping audiences focused on the ethical questions that had concerned Crichton.