Review - Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)

      Hey guys, Chuck here, and this is my review of the new movie Jurassic World Rebirth, which is the seventh entry in Universal Pictures ' long-running Jurassic Park series. Eh-- wait a minute. They've made SEVEN OF THESE MOVIES?!?!?!?!? 

       Anyway, Jurassic World Rebirth was directed by Godzilla and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards, from a screenplay by original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp, and stars Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, and Ed Skrein. 

       Set five years after the events of Jurassic World: Dominion, the movie tells of how the Earth's climate has proven to be largely inhospitable to dinosaurs outside of tropical locations. The story focuses on a team, which includes covert operative Zora Bennett paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis, and team leader Duncan Kincaid, that is sent to an island in the Atlantic, Ile Saint-Hubert, to collect biological samples from the three largest dinosaur species remaining so that pharmaceutical company ParkerGenix can use the samples to create a new miracle drug that can save countless human lives. 

      So, I will say that, on a cinematographic level, this movie is incredible. Going based on his past work with 2014's Godzilla, director Gareth Edwards made sure to frame all of the dinosaurs in this movie from a human perspective. Meaning that when up close or at a distance, the large dinosaurs feel incredibly large by comparison, while the little dinosaurs are proportionately smaller than the humans by comparison. And, of course, as is expected in a Gareth Edwards film, the visual effects on the dinosaurs is absolutely spectacular. 

      Also, the variety of returning dinosaurs and new dinosaurs was really neat with the returns of the Tyrannosaurus, Mosasaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, and Velociraptor, along with a minor appearance of the Ankylosaurus, and the long overdue cinematic return of the Spinosaurus. And, seeing THREE Spinosaurs in this movie was something else. The one major new dinosaur in this movie is the Titanosaurus, which looked pretty incredible. 

      And, in a manner similar to the introduction of such hybrid abominations as the Indominus Rex and the Indoraptor, this movie sets up that the island the movie is set on is where InGen was messing around with cross species mutations, resulting in such abominations as the Mutadon, which is a raptor-pterosaur hybrid, and the Distortus Rex, which is an utter abomination that has a handful of scenes throughout the movie. 

       The human performances, however, were all really well handled. For instance, Scarlett Johansson as Zora and Mahershala Ali as Duncan were easily my favorites, as you felt a sense of camaraderie and mutual trust between them. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Ruben adds a unique dynamic to the film, as he's a family man on a sailing trip with his daughters and his eldest daughter's boyfriend, and they get swept up into things due to an unfortunate circumstance. And while the two daughters, Teresa and Isabella, were decent enough, it was Teresa's boyfriend Xavier, played by David Iacono, that ended to get on my nerves. 

      But, easily, the two most divisive characters in this movie are Loomis, played by Jonathan Bailey, and Krebs, played by Rupert Friend. Loomis is decent enough in my opinion, serving as something of a voice of reason and having difficulty justifying the mission. Krebs, on the other hand, is pretty much on the same level as Arliss Howard's Peter Ludlow in The Lost World. Driven by profit and monetary gain, and hardly cares who gets hurt in the process. 

       The music by Alexandre Desplat, which includes a number of the classic Jurassic Park themes by John Williams, was also fantastic. The tone of the score had that sense of tension and dread when it was needed, and a sense of somber relief when it was needed. Going back to his work in the Harry Potter series and Godzilla, I have appreciated the work of Alexandre Desplat, and that's no different here. 

        But, how does Jurassic World Rebirth fare on a writing and directing level? Well, thanks to the writing of David Koepp, and more creative involvement from executive producer Steven Spielberg, this movie feels much more in line with the first two Jurassic Park films, and far more focused than either Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom or Jurassic World: Dominion. While not necessarily a complete return to form for the franchise, it's certainly a breath of fresh air for longtime Jurassic Park fans to have something more akin to the original two than the more recent trilogy scribed by Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow. 

       Overall, I think that die hard Jurassic Park fans are going to thoroughly enjoy Jurassic World Rebirth. It's clear that Gareth Edwards understood the assignment, and delivered a film that was equally thrilling, tense, and exciting, with some somber moments spread throughout. I definitely had fun with this one, and I definitely recommend seeing it in theaters. 

       Alright guys, this is Chuck signing off, and I'll see you in the next review.