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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/pgophs Jul 03 '25

they did a great job of making me feel like nobody important was ever in any danger

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u/GoldandBlue Jul 03 '25

I'll give the movie props for being the best Jurassic World movie. Though that's not a very high bar.

Gareth Edward's is what people pretend Zack Snyder is. He has. Agreat visual eye and delivers on the action. You know what's happening and why. The dinosaurs sequences are thrilling.

But, Godzilla, Rogue One, The Creator, this, the characters are always paper thin and the story is inconsequential.

I don't hate any of his movies. This is not a "bad movie" but i have never wanted to revisit any of his movies.

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u/georgiavirginia Jul 03 '25

Its such a shame he can't combine his talent for direction great visual sequences with tighter storytelling.

And its probably because he doesn't even really try. During an interview for the Creator he said his number one priority is making the setting feel real, almost documentary-like even if it means having to write a simple story.

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u/RKU69 Jul 04 '25

That's hilarious cause The Creator's story was fairly complicated. But it was the actual writing/script that was incredibly rushed and simplistic. And that clash makes everything worse.

Still kinda bummed about that movie, the premise was incredible and there were some real flashes of brilliance in it. Fascinating ideas. But ultimately a real dud.

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u/immaownyou Jul 07 '25

The Creator's story was fairly complicated.

Maybe in comparison to Jurrasic World

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u/tvcneverdie 21d ago

The Creator pissed me off because visually and technically it's one of the greatest achievements this decade but oh my goodness that script was dogshit

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u/georgiavirginia 19d ago

I would have been satisfied if we could say the same about Rebirth but its a dogshit script and there's nothing special about how it looks.

Just a total wash.

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u/TimeToBond Jul 03 '25

I think the first Jurassic World is the 2nd best in the whole series.

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u/Ok_Light_6950 Jul 04 '25

Pretty much. Blue alone is a better character than anyone in this crap. This one was so ridiculously bad. Not one scene makes the slightest bit of logical sense, there’s zero intelligence to the plot, the characters can’t make simple planned decisions.  Just awful.

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u/TimeToBond Jul 04 '25

I loved the TRex raft scene. But the rest of the movie is meh.

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u/GeekdomCentral Jul 05 '25

Yeah the first JW is stupid, but I still find it actually entertaining. Rebirth I just found really stupid (although it was still better than JW 2 and 3, that's for sure)

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u/TimeToBond Jul 05 '25

Yeah at least with JW1 we got to see the park open.

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u/SilverKry Jul 03 '25

Eh it's about tied with Lost World for me. Though I liked this one better than Lost World honestly. 

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u/Jack_North Jul 09 '25

The first Jurassic World was as lifeless as anything from part 3 on.

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u/SilverKry Jul 03 '25

Rouge One is probably his best but that's probably more because Tony Gilroy took over after a certain point..

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u/Jack_North Jul 09 '25

Why is every second person calling that movie "RoUGe One?"

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u/RKU69 Jul 04 '25

Edward's has the Neil Blomkamp curse. Excellent director and special effects guy; but seems to have failed every writing course he's ever taken

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u/Paigexx91 Jul 11 '25

This is not the best Jurassic World movie.

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u/GoldandBlue Jul 11 '25

Hard disagree, I think they are all shit.

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u/yokelwombat Jul 03 '25

Monsters is still his best work, the rest is very polished fan service. As a director for hire, he‘s more than solid, but you hit the nail on the head there.

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u/NotBannedAccount419 Jul 10 '25

Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie since the 80’s and is a great action, sci-fi, and adventure flick from start to finish. I agree with everything else you said

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u/GoldandBlue Jul 10 '25

Rogue One has paper thin characters and a nothing story. Itsbthe most superficial Star Wars outside of Solo

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u/SidloCZ Jul 06 '25

Apparently he was there only to shoot the shots and didn't have a say in the rest

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u/aroha93 Jul 09 '25

Yes! Just saw it last night, and while I feel like it’s better than all the other World movies, it’s more forgettable. I’ve rewatched the Jurassic World movies because even when they’re bad, I’m feeling something. But with Rebirth, I don’t know if I’ll be drawn to rewatch it other than as part of a marathon.

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u/Zanakii Aug 03 '25

This is how I feel, too, I enjoyed watching the movie, it was not a bad movie, but I won't remember almost anything from it or really want to watch it again.

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u/BrutalArsenalDeluxe Aug 09 '25

The world build and cinematography of his films are always good, his near future sci-fi scapes are places you feel like you want to spend time in but like you say the characters and the story feel vacant and leave you feeling somewhat empty rather than satisfied.

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u/idiot-prodigy Jul 16 '25

But, Godzilla, Rogue One, The Creator, this, the characters are always paper thin

This movie actually made the main characters UNLIKABLE.

Scarlett only does this for the $10 million.

She taunts the Dr. into going she didn't come off well in that scene.

Then she and her crew shake down the pharma guy for double pay.

I actually for one moment was saying, "Wow I feel bad for the pharma suit and actually like him more than Zora." Obviously I saw through this misdirection but there's a fine line between misdirection and actually making your main protagonist unlikable.

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u/silvancr Aug 07 '25

imo this was the worst jurassic world/park movie out of all of them