At its most primal and unfiltered moments, Jurassic World Rebirth is a blast. With Gareth Edwards at the helm, it comes as no surprise that the film’s strongest assets lie in its exhilarating dinosaur action sequences. These scenes were intense and often met with audible gasps and even laughter from the audience. However, spectacle alone isn’t enough to create a memorable cinematic experience and unsurprisingly, Jurassic World Rebirth falters when it comes to its narrative.
Set years after the events of the previous installment, Earth’s ecology has become increasingly inhospitable to dinosaurs. Now restricted to surviving in equatorial regions, three colossal prehistoric creatures are found to possess a genetic key to a potential life-saving drug for humanity. Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) a covert operative is recruited by a pharmaceutical company to retrieve blood samples from these dinosaurs.
Jurassic World Rebirth is marked by a series of stark dualities that define its overall experience - thrilling yet forgettable, visually grand yet narratively thin. It even features two separate stories forced into a single thread. On one end is the high-stakes mission led by mercenaries and on the other, a family unintentionally caught in the chaos. Their convergence feels inorganic and rushed, with character interactions lacking cohesion.
The first half of Jurassic World Rebirth suffers from sluggish pacing and a plot that feels like generic material. Fortunately, the second half redeems much of the experience. Once the action ramps up, the film delivers exactly what audiences came for which dinosaur mayhem and kills. One standout sequence for us was one involving a T-rex in a raging river. Visually, while the film leans entirely on digital effects, the rendering is polished enough that the absence of practical effects doesn’t feel overly distracting. The film's score smartly leverages the iconic Jurassic Park theme to trigger nostalgia, though its repetition borders on excessive in some scenes. In the end, Jurassic World Rebirth isn’t the creative reinvention the franchise may need or its title may imply, but it’s also far from a misfire. It’s loud, visually arresting, and often absurd but that’s exactly the kind of escapist fun many will sign up for.
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Movie Review: Thriller and Filler
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