On one hand: Gareth Edwards remains one of the best directors alive at pacing, staging, and choreographing big action set-pieces. His eye is as good as ever, and I hope his next film is based on a great script.

On the other hand: Jurassic World Rebirth stars four very charismatic actors—Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali, and Rupert Friend—who have not a lick of chemistry with one another on screen. Whether the fault is the script’s, the director’s, or their own, every scene featuring a conversation is dead on arrival.

As Sonny Bunch put it, “from awe to boredom."