Jurassic World Rebirth

Director: Gareth Edwards

Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend) is a pharmaceutical executive whose company are on the verge of a wonder drug that will save lives and make them a fortune. Two snags, they need dinosaur DNA and now all dinosaurs only inhabit an area near the equator where humans are prohibited to visit. To get what he needs, he approaches former special ops Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) to lead a team and accompany Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) to the forbidden area and Jurassic Park’s former research facility, abandoned to its inhabitants after a disaster. Zara, Loomis, and Krebs, supported by Duncan Kincaid’s (Mahershala Ali) extraction team, head off on a life threatening mission to a forbidden world ruled by dinosaurs.

If the plot sounds familiar, it is,  it’s all the Jurassic Park films you’ve seen and I really enjoyed it. It’s fast moving, tense, funny and occasionally dark. 

It has an 80s adventure feel. There’s a quest and set pieces to overcome along the way. Its most memorable been the first, a Jaws-inspired battle which also introduces our family of “civilians”: the Delgado family, who now find themselves fighting for survival. Their introduction sets up two separate adventures: Zora’s team attempts to gather DNA, and the Delgados’ struggle to survive. Both groups trying to reach the island’s research facility and rescue point. All while facing plenty of natural and dino-related obstacles.

The cast is fun, Johansson and Bennet delivering the moral compass, Mahershala Ali the gravitas. David Iacono, as Teresa Delgado’s boyfriend, brings the laughs. The effects overall are solid, although a little unconvincing occasionally. And the story hurtles along at a good rate.

Jurassic World Rebirth has a classic 80s feel and ticks many Jurassic Park boxes. Shady money, morally questionable science, and dinosaurs chasing humans through forests, buildings, and the sea. It’s not new and feels like all Jurassic Parks. But with an entertaining cast, it’s a fun enjoyable adventure, that zips along with plenty of thrills and spills.