Paco Reviews: "Jurassic Park: Dominion"

Cloned dinosaurs are back on the screen for the sixth time for another cash grab exciting adventure in Jurassic World: Dominion. There are Tyrannosauruses and velociraptors and all sorts of others -auruses aplenty; in fact, it's kind of like a greatest hits collection of all of the movies in the franchise.

Not only are Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard also back, but the original Big Three: LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh are in the cast, too. (Haha, I mean, of course, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and Sam Neill, who starred in the original Jurassic Park almost 30 years ago.)

If you missed the point at which the last film left off: Dinosaurs have escaped and now live all over the world. In many places, they've claimed  their own territory, and the humans have adapted. No Chuck-a-Rama or Golden Corral buffet is safe, as dinosaurs are likely there already.

Spurring the action this time along is the kidnapping of Owen's (Pratt) and Claire's (Howard) adopted daughter, Maisie. She's been taken to Dinosaur Central, run by evil bioengineering company Biosyn, in a remote location in Italy, and Owen and Claire venture off to rescue her. At the same time, Drs. Grant (Neil) and Sattler (Dern) have reunited and have traveled to the same location at the invitation of old friend Ian Malcolm (Goldblum) to investigate a plot to wreak havoc on the world's food supply.

I wouldn't be exaggerating too much to state that this plot involves swarms of locusts the size of cockroaches seen regularly in and around Peru and on the streets of Lima. For me, they were the most frightening creatures on the screen.

If you're a fan of the Jurassic Park/World film series, you'll have another fun ride. (If you're not, well, hopefully you'll find some things to like.) In addition to the main actors, there a number of cameos of other characters from the previous five films, including some of the dinosaurs, and it's sort of like a goodbye tour for looks to be the end of the second trilogy in the franchise.

Paco's rating: 9 out of 10

The Good: The CGI is once again wonderful, and that alone is worth watching on the big screen. The movie and its cast don't take themselves too seriously and have a good deal of fun in the process.

The Bad: It's quite violent, because dinosaurs still tend to eat the humans they meet, and I wouldn't recommend it for small kids.

The Ugly: Some foul language. Nothing vulgar that I can think of.