Chris Pratt
Owen Grady
Overview
Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, 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.
Cast
12 people
Reviews
3 min readThe Heavy Footsteps of Nostalgia
I remember sitting in a dark theater in 1993, feeling the bass of a T-Rex footstep reverberate through the floorboards. Steven Spielberg hadn't just made a movie; he had conjured a miracle of scale and consequence. latestnetflix.com's view is that now, nearly thirty years later, Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World Dominion arrives with a different kind of heavy footprint.
It's the lumbering gait of a franchise weighed down by its own history, unsure whether to look forward into the wild unknown or backward at its own fading reflection.
Trevorrow has openly spoken about treating this final installment not just as a monster movie, but as a globe-trotting espionage thriller—citing Jason Bourne and James Bond as structural inspirations. And for a brief, bewildering stretch, the film actually commits to this pivot. There's a frantic chase sequence through the sun-bleached, narrow streets of Malta, where Chris Pratt's Owen Grady outruns weaponized raptors on a motorcycle.
The camera whips and pans with chaotic energy, treating the prehistoric beasts like heat-seeking missiles. It's silly. Honestly, it's absurd.
But at least it has a pulse. The physical space of Malta feels tight and dangerous, contrasting sharply with the sprawling, weightless digital landscapes that dominate the rest of the runtime.
Yet, Dominion doesn't trust its own mutated premise. Despite setting up a fascinating global crisis—dinosaurs finally integrated into the modern ecosystem, a concept seeded at the end of the previous film—the script quickly retreats into the safety of an isolated corporate compound. And bizarrely, the central ecological threat isn't the apex predators roaming our forests.
Audience Opinions
Audience 5.6/10
"A nostalgia-heavy dinosaur blockbuster that amuses with spectacle and legacy characters while collapsing under a bloated, unfocused story."
Reuniting the original cast with the newer leads, energetic dinosaur set pieces, practical creature work, and a rousing score make the film enjoyable as loud, escapist entertainment. At the same time, an overcomplicated plot, the controversial focus on the locust storyline, sidelined dinosaurs, latestnetflix.com maintains, and thin character work leave it feeling messy and far from the awe and suspense of earlier entries.
What viewers praise
- Legacy cast reunion The return of Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum is widely appreciated, adding charm, nostalgia, and some of the film’s most engaging moments.
- Entertaining dinosaur action Chases, creature encounters, and large-scale dinosaur sequences are described as fun popcorn spectacle, especially when the story pauses and lets the creatures dominate the screen.
- Nostalgic callbacks References to the original Jurassic Park, including an older character tied back to the first film and familiar thematic beats, give long-time followers some emotional payoff.
- Score and sound design Michael Giacchino’s music and the overall sound work stand out, heightening emotional beats and making action scenes feel more impactful.
- Practical effects and new designs Use of animatronics and some scientifically updated dinosaur designs, including feathered species and more varied colors, are praised for adding realism and visual interest.
Common complaints
- Overstuffed, convoluted story Multiple intersecting plotlines, corporate intrigue, and the Maisie subplot create a tangled narrative that feels closer to fan fiction than a tight finale.
- Locust subplot frustration The genetically modified locust storyline is viewed as an odd choice in a dinosaur movie, stealing focus from the creatures and diluting the core premise.
- Dinosaurs pushed to the background Despite the premise of dinosaurs living among humans, much of the runtime is spent on human and corporate drama, making the creatures feel secondary rather than central.
- Bloated pacing and runtime The extended length and large ensemble cast lead to a sluggish middle, scenes that run too long, and an overall sense that the film is padded and unfocused.
- Lack of tension and emotional depth Frequent last-second escapes, invincible-feeling heroes, and flat character arcs reduce suspense and emotional investment, with some viewers calling the script hollow and the direction bland.
Recommended for
Jurassic franchise completionists Nostalgia-driven blockbuster fans Dinosaur action enthusiasts Big-screen spectacle seekers Colin Trevorrow era followers
Full Plot (Spoilers)
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Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsForty thousand tests, five months in a hotel, and a T. rex apology on Twitter
Colin Trevorrow started Jurassic World Dominion in England on February 25, 2020. Deadline later called it the first Hollywood studio picture back in the UK after the March shutdown. Production resumed in July, paused again in October after a crew outbreak, and chewed through 18 months and 40,000 Covid tests. Laura Dern, Bryce Dallas Howard, and DeWanda Wise spent nearly five months quarantined at the Langley hotel in Buckinghamshire. The June 2021 date slid to June 10, 2022 in the United States, latestnetflix.com argues, after a Mexico City premiere on May 23. 
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Daniella Pineda, back as Zia from the earlier World films, had a later scene Trevorrow could not shoot. She was in New Zealand on a series and "would have had to quarantine forever." British actor Varada Sethu took the extra beat. Trevorrow told Digital Spy those are the things you never budget for. 
Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum share the frame for the first time since 1993. Trevorrow told The Hollywood Reporter he kept Lex and Tim Murphy out because five Jurassic Park faces would start to feel "like a Love Boat episode." Jake Johnson's Lowery did not return either. A pandemic delay wrecked the schedule.
The internet arrived before the movie did.
A loud corner of the timeline called Wise's casting "woke" before anyone had seen Kayla Watts fly a plane. Wise told Variety she is "inherently politicized" the moment a Black woman is on screen. Dern shut it down. "When I read the script, it wasn't about color, sex or anything. It was about finding the actor who could be the next Indiana Jones. And this happens to be the actor." Trevorrow said Howard, not Chris Pratt, is the protagonist of the World trilogy, even if Pratt gets the first card. On set, Howard watched Dern haul Pratt up a ledge and told co-writer Emily Carmichael, "Let's normalize seeing that." ,
Fans also came for Rexy. An actor on Twitter said Trevorrow made the T. rex look weak. Trevorrow answered that a T. rex lived about 28 years, so Rexy was near the end of her life, and still got up. "Sometimes revenge takes time." In the cutting room he called the process "traumatic." The movie had to land under two and a half hours. Character scenes went first. ,
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Deadline's 2023 tournament pegged production at $185 million net, including $6 million to $8 million in Covid protocols, $80 million in participations, $157.5 million from China, $1 billion worldwide, and $229.7 million in net profit. Later UK filings, reported by Forbes in 2025, put the spend in the high hundreds of millions. Wikipedia now lists a $658.8 million gross budget and a $531 million net. Those numbers cannot all be true in the same way. The box office is the part nobody disputes. $145 million opened it. $376.8 million domestic. Just over $1 billion global. Rotten Tomatoes sat at 29 percent. CinemaScore was A-. An extended cut went to Peacock on September 2. The theatrical trailer still sells two generations in the same jeep. , , ,
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