Movie review
June 1, 2022 · 147 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Jurassic World Dominion is a 2022 sci-fi adventure where dinosaurs now live freely among humans worldwide four years after prior events. Owen Grady and Claire Dearing protect their cloned daughter while teaming with original Jurassic Park heroes to expose a Biosyn corporation plot involving giant engineered locusts that threaten global crops. Visible elements include competent female leads in action roles and a prominent black female pilot character, plus light corporate greed and environmental threat themes, but these stay within standard blockbuster storytelling without strong identity messaging or lectures.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Jurassic World Dominion.
Woke representation / casting
Some audience-visible diversity through a black female pilot in a key action role and continued strong female protagonists; fits the global story setting and franchise style with only minor signaling complaints.
Woke political dialogue
Very little explicit messaging; corporate villainy and eco-threat stay as classic thriller plot devices without modern activist language.
Identity-driven story themes
Absent as central focus; narrative centers on adventure, family protection, dinosaur survival, and corporate conspiracy.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Light portrayal of corporate greed and man-made environmental harm through bio-engineering; classic eco-thriller framing, not reframed as contemporary systemic or identity-based critique.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant; original characters return faithfully with no alterations or reinterpretations.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Small but noticeable online criticism of casting choices and strong female characters as "woke"; remained niche and secondary to complaints about story quality.
Creator track record context
Key writers and director show low activist histories focused on entertainment; one casting director has moderate diversity emphasis from prior work, but overall pattern stays commercial.
Production
