Five years after the events of "Jurassic World: Dominion", the planet's ecology has proven largely impossible to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures within that tropical biosphere hold the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-changing benefits to humankind. Corporate, Martin Krebs (Rupert Krebs) commissions Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson), whereas she hires scientist, Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey), Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali), and others to go to this island and to extract DNA from three different dinosaurs to use toward this new drug to help people, Can they succeed and leave the island before they succumb to the dinosaurs left?
Others to round out the cast are Manual Garcia-Rulfo as Reuben Delgado, Luna Blaise as Teresa Delgado, Ed Skrein as Bobby Atwater, David Iacono as Xavier Dobbs, Audrina Miranda as Isabella Delgado, Bechir Sylvain as LeClerc and Adam Loxley as Williams
This was intensely directed with grit by Gareth Edwards ("End Day" (TV movie) '05, "Monsters" '10, "Godzilla" '14, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" '16, "The Creator" '23) plus TV and a short. This filmmakers doesn't have a plethora of experience behind the camera, but what he does have proves he can certainly handle a large, high-adrenaline film (check his resume). His staging and pacing are delineated well with tight timing. He was very much excited to direct this and he's proven he was definitely ready to do so. It was penned by seasoned writer David Koepp ("Apartment Zero" '88, "Toy Soldiers" '91, "Death Becomes Her" '92, "Jurassic Park" '93, "The Paper" '94, "Mission: Impossible" '96, "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" '97, "Stir of Echoes" '99, "Panic Room" '02, "Spider-Man" '02, "Secret Window" '04, "War of the Worlds" '05, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" '08, "Premium Rush" '12, "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" '14, "Inferno" '17, "The Mummy" '17, "Presence" '24, "Black Bag" '25) plus other films, TV, video games, a TV short and a short, based on characters created by Michael Crichton. Koepp certainly created an interesting premise for this installment--doctors, scientists and thrill seekers being drawn back to the island where the studying for the new Jurassic Park took place. This island housed the dinosaurs they needed the DNA from. Since Koepp wrote the original script for "Jurassic Park" and subsequent "Lost World: Jurassic Park", it's no surprise that this would be smartly and deftly written. Was it flawless? No, there were a couple of very small slow places, but surely not enough to detract from the story at hand. It was presented in IMAX and 4DX for your viewing pleasure--I decided to see it in 4DX and it rocked. And the visual effects were designed predominantly by ILM (Industrial, Light & Magic) and, as usual, were seamless.
Certainly if you like the Jurassic franchise, this film will give you that fix and then some. It had it all: high-adrenaline, explosives, grit, intensity and even some humor to break up the tenseness. You must see this on the large screen in order to fully enjoy the grandiose of it. When I left the theater, I was totally drained--wow, what a rush!! Grab the popcorn and enjoy this ride.
Out of 4 Stars: 4 Rated: PG-13 133mins.