Jurassic World Rebirth

Scarlett Johansson on an island that doesn’t negotiate

In Jurassic World Rebirth, the poster already tells you the mood: three people wade through water, a flare cuts the dark, and a mutated dinosaur looms like a bad verdict. Released in 2025, it positions itself as a return to basics, and critics can’t quite agree whether that means “revived the franchise” or “reheated the same cheeseburger.” Either way, the ride is engineered to move.

The Pitch

Earth’s climate has become mostly hostile to de-extinct animals, leaving them to survive in equatorial exclusion zones. Zora Bennett, a former covert operative, teams up with paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis for a classified mission: collect biomaterial samples from three enormous prehistoric species. The job sounds clinical until it forces Zora’s group and a shipwrecked family to collide with the same rules of the island, namely hunger, territory, and time running out.

Direction and Visual Universe

Gareth Edwards brings the disciplined framing you associate with visual craftsmanship, not chaos for its own sake. Cinematography by John Mathieson and the decision to shoot on 35mm film help the landscapes feel tactile, like you could step into the grain. Alexandre Desplat handles the score, and the soundtrack notably incorporates themes by John Williams, which gives the film a comforting sense of lineage while still pushing forward with its own pressure. The creature design leans into deformation and hybrid logic, and the mutated set pieces underline the film’s obsession with escalation.

Who Should Watch This

This is for franchise diehards and for anyone who wants dinosaurs with real suspense, not just spectacle. With a running time of 133 minutes, it moves like it has deadlines. It’s the fourth Jurassic World film and the seventh overall in the Jurassic Park franchise chronology, so prior knowledge helps, but it’s not strictly required.