Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
...Sadly can't compete. There's too much going on, too many characters, too many strands of a story which actually isn't all that interesting anyway.
It's main issue was that in extended cut form (I haven't seen the theatrical cut yet) two hours and forty minutes is far too long.
The dinosaurs are pretty much relegated to a back seat because of the need to give the main cast of every Jurassic film to date (Plus newbies) something to do and enough screen time to do it.
Having said that it was a joy as a fan of the films to see the return of Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum even though Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard have been fine top lining the first two Jurassic World films and were equally fine here.
It lacked the spectacle to make it a truly great blockbuster with only two set pieces standing out in the whole 160 minutes - The chase through the Maltese streets and the final smackdown which was fun and needed even if it lacked the sheer joy of the one in the first JW film.
My overall feeling as the credits rolled was one of satisfaction and enjoyment but it took a while for those feelings to hit me full in the face.
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