Early on in Jurassic World Dominion, the movie acknowledges its own silliness with one clever throwaway gag. Now that the sequel has arrived with immense box office success and largely negative reviews, it is fair to say that Jurassic World Dominion didn’t return to Jurassic Park’s horror roots. If anything, the Jurassic World sequel is more of an action-adventure story than any of the earlier movies, largely abandoning the premise of the original.
Where Jurassic Park and Jurassic World tell tales of self-contained theme parks descending into chaos when dinosaurs get loose, their sequels expand the fictional world of the franchise with mixed results. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom's ending depicts a world where dinosaurs and humans co-exist, while also introducing a human clone into the mix, and Jurassic World Dominion manages to make this logical leap feel even more far-fetched. However, one line in Jurassic World Dominion does at least hint that the movie's makers are aware of its ludicrousness.
Appropriately enough, the Jurassic World Dominion quip comes immediately after Chris Pratt's franchise hero, Owen Grady, does the impossible and drives a motorcycle into a moving airplane as it's taking off in order to evade a raptor chasing him. After this absurd sequence comes to an end, Owen asks the plane’s pilot, Kayla (DeWanda Wise) why she is willing to risk her life for people she's never met before. The franchise newcomer responds, "Do you want to ask questions or do you want a ride?” The pithy dismissal of his inquiry also serves as a reminder for the audience that the plot doesn’t make much sense, but they're better off ignoring this and just enjoying the ride, rather than pointing out plot holes.
Canny viewers may wonder why the seemingly dead locusts in the control room are brought back to life by a power surge, or why Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) began working with BioSyn despite knowing they're InGen’s evil counterpart. However, Jurassic World Dominion explains all of these valid inquiries via Kayla’s pointed remark, which essentially warns viewers not to bother picking at the story. In fairness, the character's motivations are later lazily handwaved away with her saying that seeing a photo of Maisie made her question her sketchy career choices and seek redemption.
However, Kayla’s initial line is a much better acknowledgment that the movie's fast-paced plot doesn’t add up, and viewers are better off going along with it instead of questioning its logic. Jurassic World Dominion doesn’t make a lot of sense on further inspection, with questions like “wouldn’t non-BioSyn crops still be irreparably destroyed even if Henry Wu managed to stop the locusts after one generation?” left unanswered by the sequel’s coda. However, Kayla’s one-liner gives viewers fair warning that the best way to enjoy Jurassic World Dominion is by embracing the movie’s relentless silliness.