Jurassic World: Rebirth was released in theaters on July 2nd, and has surpassed $800 million dollars in box office revenue. The movie takes place after Jurassic World: Dominion, the global dinosaur population has declined immensely, with most dinos living on small tropical islands along the equator. Rebirth follows protagonist Zora Bennet, played by Scarlett Johansson, a mercenary who is approached by a pharmaceutical company in need of colossal dinosaur blood for a new kind of drug they’re developing.
Zora recruits some of her old friends to assist her on her mission, notably Duncan Kincaid, played by Mahershala Ali, and Dr. Henry Loomis, played by Jonathan Bailey. The trio, alongside their crew, disembark from French Guiana to a remote island with their three target dinosaur species. Unbeknownst to them, this island harbors unnatural hybrid abominations created decades ago by the defunct InGen corporation.
The Jurassic franchise is well known for its sequels, specifically ones that pale in comparison to their original counterparts. Jurassic World (2015) broke that trend, with an all in all entertaining movie that admittedly didn’t beat the original, but still stood as a great movie among critics and fans alike. Following the 2015 reboot, were Fallen Kingdom, and Dominion, while both earned massively, weren’t superlative sequels.
Rebirth attempts to break the series long curse of poor continuations. While the film of course isn’t comparable to Stephen Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, it is certainly an improvement on past titles. Notably, the movie vaguely retains that classic family film qualities of the original. With that being said the horror aspect is on par with the newer JW films. Dinosaurs eat people, It’s what one would expect from a dinosaur movie.
Rebirth in my mind is an entertaining watch, a massive improvement from Dominion, but is still held back by the franchise’s redundant tropes and perplexing plot holes. Ultimately, I give Jurassic World: Rebirth a 7.5/10 rating.
