Jurassic World: Rebirth
Five years have passed since the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, and the survival of dinosaurs on planet Earth is once again in jeopardy due to the changing climate. With the Jurassic creatures slowly dying out once again, there are only a few corners of the planet in which they can survive and thrive, and the collection of further data has become urgently desperate. Big pharmaceutical representative Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend) recruits skilled mercenary Zora Bennet (Scarlett Johansson) for a mission to seize any remaining DNA from the most dangerous creatures, in the hopes of creating a life-saving drug. However, the team soon realise the old Jurassic Park research facility is home to more than just the biggest and scariest of monsters, and they must fight for their lives.
The plot of the movie is formulaic, so the selling point comes from the performances of the main cast. Johansson is already a well-established and highly respected action hero following her extensive run in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so her accomplished performance as the skilled special ops agent comes as no surprise. She is yet again a safe pair of hands in this leading role, and her character is complemented by Mahershala Ali (Duncan), contrasted by Jonathan Bailey, who brings the gentler and more emotive performance amidst the mayhem. His dinosaur-loving Dr Henry Loomis is the heart of the movie, visualised superbly in a standout sequence midway through the movie.
On the other hand, Rupert Friend’s character is entirely predictable from start to finish, and the inclusion of a second storyline featuring a family lost at sea and then stranded on the island creates a whole range of problems. The script is padded out with the insertion of this familial subplot that really offers close to nothing to the story and creates a battle for screentime between the two groups. Plus, the addition of a little baby dinosaur named Dolores also proves to ultimately have no further significance other than being a marketing tool.
Director Gareth Edwards successfully creates a feeling of nostalgia throughout the movie, manifesting a sense of awe and magic similar to the original trilogy. Alexander Desplat’s score wonderfully sings from the same hymn sheet as the great John Williams’s original masterpiece. The thrilling and tense action-packed scenes, particularly in the ocean, are some of the best we have seen in the franchise for several years and it is exciting to see the new balance between the classic dinosaurs and the new frightening mutated beasts.
Expectations for this movie have been low as this is the seventh instalment in the franchise after all, but it could be argued that Jurassic World: Rebirth is the best instalment since Jurassic World in 2015. However, when you look under the bonnet, there isn’t much more beyond the big scary dinosaur encounters. The deaths of expendable characters are inevitable, and even then, there are not enough of them to appease the fans that want to witness the dinos dine out on humans. The entertainment factor is absolutely present, and you will likely have sweaty palms by the time you leave the cinema, but from an intelligence and logical approach, the movie is seriously lacking bite.
Guy Lambert
Jurassic World: Rebirth is released nationwide on 2nd July 2025.
Watch the trailer for Jurassic World: Rebirth here:
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