Jurassic World: Dominion Review - 4 Ups & 6 Downs

3. Colin Trevorrow's Lifeless Direction

This film may give fans confirmation that removing Colin Trevorrow from the third film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy was probably a good thing, because the guy's just not a good fit for this level of mega-budget blockbuster filmmaking.

If Trevorrow was clearly an easily controllable hired hand on the first Jurassic World who did an acceptable-yet-uninspired job, he's shown little growth as a director in the seven years since.

As a result, Dominion is a flatly directed tentpole that's basically functional but totally uninspired in terms of technical execution and visual composition.

Compared to J.A. Bayona's impressive work on Fallen Kingdom, where his skilled direction elevated a poor script, Trevorrow's work here feels totally anonymous, lacking any and all sense of personality and simply feeling as though it was storyboarded by an algorithm and filmed by robots.

Harsh? Perhaps, but the supposedly epic finale to one of the most beloved and iconic IP on the planet shouldn't feel as bereft of life as this movie does.