"Jurassic World Dominion" (2022) Saturday Monster Movies

Jurassic World Dominion brings the whole chaotic journey to its inevitable conclusion: the dinosaurs are no longer confined to islands or parks. They now live alongside humanity, woven into the ecosystem, creating a world where ancient dangers are part of everyday life. The question is no longer how to control them, but how to live with the consequences of trying to control them in the first place. At its heart, the film is about humility. Humility that comes not from wonder or fear, but from being forced to face the damage you’ve done.

The villain of the story is not a mad scientist or a rogue dinosaur. It is a tech mogul, styled like a visionary but hollow at the core. He does not have genius of his own. He borrows it, surrounds himself with brilliance, and hides behind it when things fall apart. His company unleashes a swarm of genetically engineered locusts that threaten global food supplies, and his response is pure evasion. He avoids blame. He manages optics. He refuses to admit failure. That posture is what drives the film’s moral tension. The greatest threat is not the monsters. It is the refusal to take responsibility for what we unleash.

Scripture has a clear word for this. In Proverbs and throughout the prophets, we are warned that pride refuses correction, while wisdom begins with confession. The CEO’s downfall is not his ambition but his unwillingness to say he was wrong. In that, he represents a common human temptation: to bury our sins under layers of process, to surround ourselves with enablers, to believe that as long as we keep moving forward, the past will stay buried. But it never does. Sin, like those locusts, always multiplies when ignored.

What redeems the film is not brilliance, but repentance. The heroes are those who step back into danger, who make amends, who tell the truth. The people who acknowledge what they got wrong are the ones who help put things right. The story that began with arrogance now ends with acceptance. We cannot undo the past, but we can choose humility. We can learn to say, without excuse or spin, “This was our fault.” That is where healing begins.