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To be fair, it does technically continue the angle from the last movie of using genetic engineering in ways other than creating dinosaurs (in that instance, cloning humans). While вЂњevil locusts that target the worldвЂ™s food supplyвЂќ sounds exactly like the sort of thing that a Crichton novel would be about, it doesnвЂ™t at all feel like something a Jurassic Park movie should be about. Perhaps the weirdest of these distractions is the genetically engineered locust plot, which takes up far too much real estate for something that adds so little to the experience. Sadly, it gets distracted by other matters far too often. When Dominion remembers that the dinosaurs are supposed to be its star players, it does come alive. The opening newsreel shows the dinos in plenty of fascinating and hilarious situations, Maisie helping the construction workers move the confused brontosaurus out of their work site is one of the only scenes that has an emotional touch to it, and the chase sequence where a pack of atrociraptors and two carnotaurus are unleashed on Malta is the best such action beat in the movie because it actually feels like what Fallen KingdomвЂ™s ending promised: dinosaurs terrorizing human-populated areas. ItвЂ™s a bizarre choice, not just because this franchise is supposed to be about dinosaurs, but because the rare moments where the dinosaurs actually are center stage are the best parts of the movie. TheyвЂ™ve become set dressing, something to throw in to spice up the action scenes and put our heroes in danger every 20 minutes or so, but never really as the driving force of the narrative.

There is no immediacy to the presence of dinosaurs in the human world because neither of the two main storylines involve them in any significant capacity. Instead of naturally following up on seeing how the world would be fundamentally altered by numerous invasive species, the introduction of new apex predators into the environment, and the presumed widespread panic and chaos this would cause, Dominion indicates that the arrival of dinosaurs hasnвЂ™t really done much at all to change the global status quo. The problem is that neither of these stories require dinosaurs to function (yes, we know the locusts are technically extinct giants, blah blah blah, but come on, theyвЂ™re not dinosaurs).

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More on the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World Series After the initial setup and newsreel footage that shows that dinosaurs are now getting up to hijinks like blocking traffic and interrupting weddings, the movie jumps into two different plotlines: The Jurassic World characters needing to run around the globe to rescue Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) after sheвЂ™s kidnapped, and the Jurassic Park characters investigating crop destruction caused by genetically engineered locusts.

Oh, theyвЂ™re in the movie, donвЂ™t get me wrong, but for the first time in this series they feel like a largely incidental part of the plot. If you want the primary reason why Dominion doesnвЂ™t feel like a satisfying wrap-up for the Jurassic franchise, you have to look no further than the fact that the dinosaurs feel like little more than an afterthought.