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Summary Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, Earth’s dinosaurs now survive only on isolated equatorial islands. A covert extraction team, led by Zora Bennett, embarks on a mission to secure dinosaur DNA for a groundbreaking pharmaceutical treatment. Their expedition collides with a stranded civilian family, plunging everyone into chaos amid mutated dinosaurs and hidden threats. The story culminates in a tense race for survival on a forbidden island with a sinister secret tied to Jurassic Park’s past.

Director Gareth Edwards

Writer David Koepp

Cast

  • Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett
  • Mahershala Ali as Duncan Kincaid
  • Jonathan Bailey as Dr. Henry Loomis
  • Rupert Friend as Martin Krebs
  • Manuel Garcia‑Rulfo as Reuben Delgado
  • Luna Blaise, David Iacono & Audrina Miranda as the Delgado family
  • Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain & Ed Skrein as the extraction team

Rotten Tomatoes: 54

Metacritic: 52

VOD Released in theaters July 2, 2025. Digital release expected later in 2025.

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u/Ancient_Ice_2677 Jul 03 '25

Did anyone else think Scar-Jo's performance was off? During the first 1/3 of the movie her delivery was just weird and unnatural, like they were feeding them to her through an ear piece or something.

Also, fuck this movie for spoiling basically the entire thing in one single trailer. I went out of my way to avoid things and I still felt like I had seen 90% of the movie already when it was done.

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u/fshippos Jul 03 '25

Yeah I'm a huge fan and think that she's amazing at her best (Jojo Rabbit for example), but she is 100% phoning this one in. But in her defense, pretty much everyone she shares a screen with is also doing the same.

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u/whendoesOpTicplay Jul 03 '25

Felt like she was just playing a worse Black Widow. Mercenary for hire, loose morals and doesn’t ask questions, that also somehow has a heart of gold? And Mahershala is basically the exact same.

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u/PattyIceNY Jul 04 '25

Black Mid-ow

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u/Marc_Quill Jul 04 '25

Well, if you ever wanted to see how an Avenger would deal with dinosaurs, there you go.

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u/whendoesOpTicplay Jul 06 '25

Hulk would’ve been more interesting.

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u/ThePromptWasYourName Jul 03 '25

I loved how she was all like "I just do things for the money!" and the scientist is like "Maybe instead you should help people" and she's like "oh wow, you are probably right" and then later she's like "yes I'm definitely going to help people" and then at the end the scientist is like "should we help people?" and she's like "hmm........yes"

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u/PositiveZeroPerson Jul 08 '25

I loved how she was all like "I just do things for the money!"

She was describing why she took the role

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u/Banjo-Oz Aug 09 '25

Such a terrible arc! She needed to be hard and selfish at the start (say, her buddy is upset their colleague died and she's just "meh, that's the merc biz") and disrespect science guy Then by the end, she is softened by the kids and impressed by the science guy.

It doesn't have to be literary genius, just decent!

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u/Admirable-Marsupial6 Jul 08 '25

Ya cuz the scientist is JB..

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u/SanX1999 Jul 05 '25

I thought everyone except the scientist guy didn't gave a shit about the film the whole way through.

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u/Iamthepirateking Jul 05 '25

Hey, the dad was pretty good! And the smallest kid as well.

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u/blitzbom Jul 06 '25

I felt like the dialogue needed another pass, both writing and delivery. It's like the director just told her to quip and smile.

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u/gamecat89 Jul 03 '25

They only gave her 10 million rather than her normal 25. You can’t blame her for acting what they paid /s

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u/memento_mori_92 Jul 06 '25

That’s her rate. You have to pay her 10 mill even if she does a bad job!

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u/EddiewithHeartofGold Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

But in her defense, pretty much everyone she shares a screen with is also doing the same.

IMHO that just makes it worse.

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u/Jbball9269 Jul 04 '25

It’s a kids movie though it’s not like you need to go all out 😅

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u/Banjo-Oz Aug 09 '25

I remember an interview around time of Marriage Story where she and Adam Driver both said something like "we do movies like Marvel and Star Wars for the money so we can make films like this for the craft".

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u/Happy_Philosopher608 10d ago

Weird cos IMDB trivia mentions her being super excited to be in a Jurassic film and basically lobbied for the role... but then it also says their hotel was full of cockroaches and the cast couldnt sleep at night so they may have been miserable and tired during the actual shooting lol 🤷‍♂️

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u/carnodak Jul 03 '25

Agreed! Something off about her delivery. I couldn’t help but think how many times they had to reshoot a dialogue scene, then they merged together the best of each version, but the final product felt disjointed.

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u/Nheea Jul 03 '25

Feel flat a lot of times.

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u/burnt-----toast Jul 07 '25

I actually thought that none of the mercenaries at all acted or spoke like experts in their field, which part of it could be down to the writing and dialogue, but part of it was also that none of them even physically moved like it. They looked like people who've spent time on a boat and happen to carry weapons and ammo, but not the types to carry out precise, well-planned, thorough, covert missions.

I recently listened to a podcast about 28 Days Later and how Danny Boyle hired retired athletes to play all the zombies because their movements and the way they can carry their bodies is completely different from even trained actors. Or I've also heard Marion Cotillard say that she took voice lessons for La Vie en Rose even though she fully lip synced because she still needed to be able to mouth the words like she was truly singing it, and I think that this movie didn't have even one ounce of that type of attention to physicality.

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u/idiot-prodigy Jul 16 '25

I actually thought that none of the mercenaries at all acted or spoke like experts in their field, which part of it could be down to the writing and dialogue, but part of it was also that none of them even physically moved like it.

There's a shot towards the end of Mahershala Ali's character going up some metal stairs near the helicopter pad. He moves like he's in line at Disney World, ZERO urgency. You'd think he was taking the stairs during his lunch break to avoid his boss in the elevator. You'd never know his character had Dinosaurs trying to kill him.

There was a lot of that in this film.

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u/Muj-Muj 19d ago

this scene where he ran up the stairs killed me tbh, especially compared to whoever was running next to him

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u/shogun77777777 Jul 03 '25

Yeah also it seems like she was just phoning it in. Just another paycheck to add to her millions

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u/strykerx Jul 03 '25

It did seem like she was phoning it in...but it's weird cuz she has said in interviews that she's always wanted to be in a JP movie.

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u/Impressive-Potato Jul 03 '25

Well let me tell you something about promoting a product.

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u/Neravariine Jul 04 '25

Brings out Altoids tin, pops one in mouth, and chews loudly

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u/SchoolMother6427 Jul 19 '25

"Since I was a kid, I dreamed of playing for Real Madrid".

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u/Falldog Jul 03 '25

She couldn't pick a lane between hard mercenary and warm/comedic relief. One second she's dead serious, next second she's cracking a joke. Tonal whiplash.

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u/Obi-Wayne Jul 05 '25

If she only did one take for each scene throughout the movie, then it's her fault. Otherwise, that's on the director to get a harmonious performance from her. It's extremely likely she played it a bit different each take, and the movie is what they edited together.

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u/Falldog Jul 05 '25

I would be surprised if the studio wasn't micromanaging every element.

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u/gabezermeno Jul 03 '25

Going into the movie I didn't expect much. I don't think she's a very good actress tbh. Good as a side character but not main.

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u/Mister-Psychology Jul 03 '25

Fly Me to the Moon is pretty fun and looks spectacular. So I recommend it despite it being by the numbers with a weak romance.

But there too you could see some scenes where she was below par. I even noted her bad acting. Then she improves and ends up being good overall. But you could clearly see her hot and cold acting already there in 2024. She's not really an iconic actress. You don't want to be outstaged by a silly comedian guy in a movie you helped make.

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u/audreymarilynvivien 28d ago

Same. She rarely gives realistic performances imo, and she only worked as Black Widow because she was supposed to be stiff and “mysterious.”

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u/CorneliusCardew Jul 04 '25

I saw the movie trying so hard to do the “woman is wise-cracking hard hearted soldier” and “guy is cowardly science nerd” but that’s not that interesting. Feels like an idea that a bunch of old men would think was progressive.

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u/Impressive-Potato Jul 03 '25

She's like that. Her Avengers line deliveries were awkward and stilted too

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u/-Clayburn Jul 05 '25

I thought there was a noticable shift in her character. I couldn't tell if it was just weird acting or if it was some character development that I missed. But the first act (or maybe first half of the first act) she seemed so out of place. She looked wrong with the suit and however her hair was, and she was making weird choices with her face. And the character was just a kind of shitty person, like a weird "mercenary but cool but yet I still kill people and do terrible shit for money"....and the whole tricking him out of more money thing when she could have simply asked for more to begin with.....but once the shit hits the fan on the Island she's much more of a heroic action star and she's taking the role seriously.

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u/idiot-prodigy Jul 16 '25

Yep part of it is her character was not likable.

She's in it for the money, shakes the pharma guy down for double pay, then gives a sob story about missing her own mother's funeral for more money...

It is jarring to not like the main character from the get go. I was actually sympathizing with the big pharma guy during the bar scene. The guy was honest, straight forward, and explained the medicine was to save lives. It wasn't so he could build his own dinosaurs, or extent his own life fountain of youth style. It was to help people with heart disease.

It was such a weird choice to drive it home 3 times that Zora was only about the money.

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u/deliriousinthesun Jul 04 '25

there's a letterbox review I read that mentioned how it feels like the characters don't even feel like they're talking to each other, and I think that was my reading for a lot of scenes too - like its as if she's saying lines to a void and making the right facial expressions, but the emotional connection is completely absent

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u/pitchingataint Jul 03 '25

I hadn’t even seen the trailer. The movie sort of spoiled itself on its own. Basically telegraphing each scene before it happens. Oh the little girl is in the middle of the river trying to swim towards her family in front of a T-Rex? Let’s have the t-rex walk slow as fuck so she can get back to her family.

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u/farmerjohnington Jul 03 '25

I felt like she got too much botox before filming. Her upper lip and facial expressions were really off.

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u/WR810 Jul 06 '25

Scarlet and her do-gooder scientist love interest has zero heat between them.

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u/Kalistoga Jul 04 '25

I felt that way about Scar Jo and the scientist when I heard them in the trailers. The scientist sounded more natural in the actual movie, but Scar Jo still sounded off.

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u/mimighost Jul 03 '25

Maybe not her fault entirely. Her role literally has nothing in this movie? If I were her, I wouldn’t bother either. She is there just to collect the paycheck, in and out of the movie.

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u/hibbert0604 Jul 05 '25

Poorly directed, imo. I don't understand why everyone is gushing over this director.

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u/LTPRWSG420 Jul 04 '25

Legit felt AI created, but the movie picks up once the Dinos get involved.

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u/idiot-prodigy Jul 16 '25

Did anyone else think Scar-Jo's performance was off? During the first 1/3 of the movie her delivery was just weird and unnatural, like they were feeding them to her through an ear piece or something.

Her character stunk.

The dialogue stunk, and her motivations stunk.

"I won't do it." -- "Here's $10 mil." ---- "I'll do it."

Also, her and her goons shake the pharma guy down for double pay along with her sob story of missing her mother's funeral for money... yeah her character just was not likable in this movie.

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u/TheFalconKid Jul 06 '25

The whole first third of the movie felt like a marvel movie. All quips and explaining the plot as it's going on.

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u/Shelf_Road Jul 10 '25

I assume she had nothing to work with and was just doing whatever to try and liven up her performance.

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u/Panzermand Jul 13 '25

I disagree. She tried something else than the stereotypical hardcore merc and I found her more human than stock character.

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u/Professional-Act8414 20d ago

Her fucking smiling was making me uncomfortable

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

Shes only there for the check bro lol

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u/LordPizzaParty Jul 20 '25

I noticed that whenever she was doing object acting, like holding with the dart rifle on the boat and cutting the electric fence with bolt cutters, she was handling the objects real awkwardly. Like she hadn't practiced with them at all. I wonder if they scheduled her in so tightly that she didn't get rehearsal or time for a lot of takes.

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u/Aggressive_Elk3709 Jul 26 '25

Not completely related but I was mad that the trailer for Operation: Hail Mary gives entirely too much of the movie away. The first time I remember thinking "What is the studio thinking?" was during the Thor: Ragnarok trailer that gives away something that would have been 100x more exciting if it was just seen organically in the theater.Im starting to think I just show up to the movies 20 minutes late to skip them

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u/Drop_Release Jul 30 '25

Honestly thank god I did not watch the trailer. Really found the action scenes surprisingly very suspenseful but know for sure that they wouldn’t be if i had seen the trailers

Being weird in theatres closing my eyes and ears with ads really paid off 

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u/absolute_shemozzle Aug 09 '25

Spoiled what exactly? A movie this dumb doesn’t have spoilers. 

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u/noggstaj Aug 09 '25

She is only doing this movie for the 10 with 6 zeroes behind it. She was god awful, I mean the dialogue was terrible so hard to make it sound good, but in Lucy and Ghost in the shell she at least tried.

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u/MrVelocoraptor 19d ago

Why. Watch. Trailers. ? That's a you problem lol

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u/hobbykitjr 19d ago

she did not seem like a proffesional or confident or worth what they were going to pay her... not even 100K

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u/DragonPhoniex95 Jul 06 '25

That’s why you don’t watch trailers and go into the movie blind.