Jurassic World Dominion

Goldblum aside, it's hard not to feel that the warm-blooded actors are phoning it in a bit.

Dominion answers the question "What if dinosaurs became so commonplace they were no longer exciting?" by making even the most unique dinosaur encounters so routine and uninspiring that even the people involved cannot muster enthusiasm to be frightened.

While there’s never really a sense of true danger for our heroes, we get just enough of the range of CGI dinosaurs and their weird traits to keep the film entertaining.

Jurassic World Dominion is an aggressively fine and mostly enjoyable romp that does some things well and others things less so. It’s the epitome of just OK.

Ho hum.

For a while it seems ‘Dominion’ wants to be the franchise’s ‘Mission: Impossible.’ Instead, it’s the anti–‘Top Gun: Maverick’.

Jurassic World: Dominion manages to flatline in its attempt to blend the old with the new, yielding a mediocre adventure that barely reaches its maximum potential.

“Jurassic World: Dominion” does a good job of finding a reason to introduce the “Jurassic World” regulars to the “Jurassic Park” regulars. The biggest surprise is that Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) is finally memorable in this installment.

After a slow and choppy start, the action picks up to a brisk pace and is unrelenting straight through to the final — somewhat sappy — montage.

I have always admired the sense of urgency and danger this franchise was able to bring to the table. Unfortunately this uninspired sequel has overstayed its welcome due to its overdrawn runtime.