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Tripwire Reviews Jurassic World: Rebirth

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July 2, 2025

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Resetting Their DNA

Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows reviews Jurassic World: Rebirth, out in cinemas now…

Jurassic World: Rebirth
Director: Gareth Edwards
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Mahershala Ali

Thirty-two years and five sequels since Steven Spielberg unleashed Crichton’s dinosaurs onto a cinemagoing public. The last Jurassic World film, Dominion, released back in 2022 was a bit of a dog’s dinner so three years on, the filmmakers have attempted to reset the series and so we are introduced to a world where dinosaurs are still living among us but they are diminished in terms of their appeal. Johansson plays mercenary Zora Bennett who is tasked with heading up a team whose mission it is to head to the tropics and get three different sets of dino DNA, which will offer exciting medical possibilities to the human world. She recruits palaeontologist Dr Henry Loomis (Bailey) and fellow mercenary Duncan Kincaid (Ali) to accompany her on this dangerous enterprise. Of course, what makes it even more perilous is that the island they have to visit is inhabited by some of the most dangerous dinosaurs the Jurassic Park team ever created especially one that makes the T Rex look like a walk in the (Jurassic) Park. To cap this off, a family finds themselves stranded on the island when their boat is destroyed by one of the dinosaurs the team has on its hit list. David Koepp wrote the first Jurassic Park back in1993 while director Gareth Edwards has Monsters and Godzilla on his past CV so Rebirth does feel like a step up from the last few films in the series.

There are a number of impressive set pieces here like a particularly dramatic one that sees the family chased by a T Rex, obviously a nod to the T Rex encounter way back in the first film, and the scene where the team find the Titanosaur is filled with a sense of wonder for the viewers. There are a few moments here where the plot holes and conveniences are big enough to drive a whole herd of raptaurs through and of course there’s a cute, friendly dinosaur for the kids watching. Friend as evil corporate figure Martin Krebs is suitably evil although as such his eventual end is fairly inevitable. Johannson and co are decent enough, offering cliched but fun characters straight out of 1980s action movie casting including fish out of water boffin (Bailey). The bottom line is that audiences continue to enjoy watching dinosaurs pitted against people and Rebirth is a perfectly serviceable addition to the series. Its box office expectations are lower that the last couple of Jurassic World films but it is the most enjoyable entry probably since the very first one. For viewers looking for an entertaining and undemanding summer blockbuster, Jurassic World: Rebirth offers a very solid two and a quarter hours.