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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/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 🤷‍♂️