Movie Review # 737: Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)

Well, everyone, today, we review the latest installment in the Jurassic Park/World franchise. It is the one, and only Jurassic World Rebirth.

Plot: In the year 2008, when a dinosaur laboratory on an island in the Atlantic Ocean gets jeopardized, thanks to a type of dinosaur called the Distortus Rex getting loose, the lab gets deserted. Seventeen years later, when it’s harder to keep any of the dinosaurs safe that spread around the world in 2022, a pharmaceutical representative named Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend) puts together a team of researchers to go to the equator to find three of the largest prehistoric dinosaurs, and collect samples from them by means of a special medicinal way, despite the areas around the equator being no-travel zones. Included in his crew are a covert operations expert named Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson), team leader Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali), a paleontologist named Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey), and a few others. Now, will their motives to get this job done for money remain the same, or will some, if not all, of the crew have a change of heart along the way?

So, did we need this new installment in the Jurassic Park/World franchise, or did this one feel pointless in the end? Well, we probably didn’t need it. However, seeing as some people might have been curious how things turned out after Jurassic World Dominion, it might have probably been for the best. But what do I know? I will admit, however, that the filmmakers need to be careful not to milk this franchise. But hey, they might. We shall see. Anyway, for what we had, was this film still good? Well, yeah, it really was. Granted, the very beginning might have made it feel a little creepy, and have a little bit of a horror feel. Still, there’s no denying that it helped set up the rest of the film. What’s even more is that since you have a paleontologist setting up an expedition to the deserted island where many of the remaining live dinosaurs remain, this Jurassic Park/World film seems to have somewhat of a feel of any of the Indiana Jones films, or a franchise like that. You also have most of the relationships with most of the characters developed really well too. In addition to all of this, even though the whole deal of some characters wanting to be on an expedition for money, but having a change of heart along the way has been done before, it was surprisingly done very well here. Also, as far as characters go, ones like Zora Bennett, Duncan Kincaid, and Dr. Henry Loomis are probably the bigger standouts of the cast. There was also some cuteness with a Triceratops-like dinosaur named Dolores tagging along with a Hispanic family that tags along with Zora’s team after their boat gets damaged by a dinosaur sea creature while they were sailing. And yes, there were some really intense scenes throughout the course of this movie as well. Oh, and one other thing to mention is that though there are some sad scenes, there don’t seem to be any that really make you bawl at any point the way that a certain memorable tragic scene did in 2022’s Jurassic World Dominion did.

Still, Jurassic World Rebirth does seem to have some weak moments as well. For one, though there were a couple tragic scenes when certain characters got killed off, you didn’t seem to know them long enough to care for them, or really invest in them, or grieve their death. Yeah, that’s likely a little poor writing there, wouldn’t you say? Also, even if characters like Zora, and Duncan were memorable, there were others like the villain, who, let’s just felt a little shallow, and not that well developed because of that. Finally, the climax might have felt a little rushed, and not as well developed as it could have been because of that. It’s still a fairly good climax. Still, it could have likely been better.

And that’s my review for Jurassic World Rebirth. Though maybe not quite as strong as most of the other ones in this franchise, it was still good. It teaches some good lessons, has some good creativity, and more. Honestly, though this one was still good, this should probably be around the time that the franchise comes to an end. In the meantime, definitely go see Jurassic World Rebirth! It is most definitely worth your time, and worth seeing in the theater realm.

Final Rating: 8.5/10