[WGH]

Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali lead a team of medical entrepreneurs to a restricted island to extract DNA from three of the biggest, baddest, genetically mutated dinosaurs with the goal of extracting samples that are vital for a heart disease treatment. Of course the DNA has to be extracted from living dinos to make their job interesting. A little too interesting as they find out.

The shipwrecked team does a lot of running and yelling, a whole lot.




My movie buddy Kat and I have never yelled at a movie as much as "Jurassic World Rebirth." We always saw the dinosaurs in the background before the characters did. We also tried to guess who would be eaten first, then second and so on. Who would be eaten last was obvious.




The film has plenty of exciting edge-of-your-seat action scenes. The first half set up the adventure and we agreed there was a little too much dialog, we wanted less talking and more biting. The second half didn't disappoint.




The CGI generated dinosaurs are state-of-the-art which is no surprise as Industrial Light & Magic made the dinos, Steven Spielberg was the film's executive producer and Garth Edwards directed the film, his previous directing credits include Monsters (2010), Godzilla (2014), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), and The Creator (2023). "Jurassic World Rebirth" was shot using 35mm film to match the look of the first film. The production used Panaflex Millennium XL2 cameras and vintage C- and E-Series anamorphic lenses from Panavision. The film looks great.

The acting is first rate with Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali taking the lead, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Lincoln Lawer) also does good in an action film, the remaining eight main actors keep the excitement non-stop.


"Jurassic world Rebirth" is rated PG-13 with  "intense sequences of violence/action, bloody images, some suggestive references, language and a drug reference" and a 12A certificate in the UK, which suggests it's not appropriate for children under 12 without adult supervision.

Kat was a grade school teacher and thought the film would be too intense for 10 year olds and would give them nightmares.


Summer blockbuster movies don't get better than this. Watch the trailer:
https://youtu.be/jan5CFWs9ic


 

[SteveFord]

Great review, I'm going to see that one.

[bkatbamna]

I saw it.  It made the most money this summer but it was a terrible movie.  There was no reason for the family to be in it.  And the main dinosaur makes an appearance at the beginning and only briefly at the end.  The best part of the movie was Mahershala Ali.
Also the premise for going to the island was idiotic.  At the end they decide they are going to give the discovery to everyone for "free" without realizing that it is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars to develop any medication or product from what they obtained and get it approved. 
Having such a convoluted reason for the team to go there indicates to me that this was written by committee.

Anywho.

[SteveFord]

This picture is exactly what my monitor lizard looks like during feeding time except the tongue is different.

[wushuliu]

Hm, one of the highest grossing movies of the year.
Wasn't there someone saying in another thread that no one wants to see movies with female action leads?
Huh.

Anyways, been a JP fan since the original so I look forward to seeing this one. Especially since it's directed by Gareth Edwards, whose work on Godzilla set a new benchmark for shooting giant creatures on an epic scale.

[Letitroll98]

I saw it.  It made the most money this summer but it was a terrible movie.  There was no reason for the family to be in it.  And the main dinosaur makes an appearance at the beginning and only briefly at the end.  The best part of the movie was Mahershala Ali.
Also the premise for going to the island was idiotic.  At the end they decide they are going to give the discovery to everyone for "free" without realizing that it is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars to develop any medication or product from what they obtained and get it approved. 
Having such a convoluted reason for the team to go there indicates to me that this was written by committee.

Anywho.

Before reading your post I was wondering why people keep going back to islands full of predatory dinosaurs and always without enough preparation or equipment to meet the challenge.  Are we celebrating stupid people?  I loved the first JP and often click on a replay just to get to, "Dr Grant, my Dear Dr Sadler, welcome to Jurassic Park", then I either stop watching or leave it on while doing some other activity because I know it all by heart.  I've been more disappointed with every new sequel excepting the first reboot which was decent.  Ms. Johansson is one of my favorite actresses, I've been a fan since The Horse Whisperer, but even than didn't muster enough interest for me to see it in the theaters, which are $5 tickets and literally across the street from me.  It's not on any streaming service I currently subscribe to that I know of, but if it drops I suppose I'll watch it just because.  That's my level of interest.

[bkatbamna]

If people want to see a good movie that has dinosaurs in it, I have heard that Primitive War is good.  I haven't seen it yet though.

[wushuliu]

Before reading your post I was wondering why people keep going back to islands full of predatory dinosaurs and always without enough preparation or equipment to meet the challenge.  Are we celebrating stupid people?  I loved the first JP and often click on a replay just to get to, "Dr Grant, my Dear Dr Sadler, welcome to Jurassic Park", then I either stop watching or leave it on while doing some other activity because I know it all by heart.  I've been more disappointed with every new sequel excepting the first reboot which was decent.  Ms. Johansson is one of my favorite actresses, I've been a fan since The Horse Whisperer, but even than didn't muster enough interest for me to see it in the theaters, which are $5 tickets and literally across the street from me.  It's not on any streaming service I currently subscribe to that I know of, but if it drops I suppose I'll watch it just because.  That's my level of interest.

At this point these and other franchise sequels are really about appealing to younger generations that haven't seen anything older than say, 2008. They have no frame of reference and unending big budget sequels are the norm for them.

[Mariusz Uszynski]

I saw "Jurassic World Rebirth" night and liked it a lot, that I'll probably watch it again tonight.The special effects were out of this world, that's for sure.It is just me, or Xenomorph and Distortus Rex kinda look alike???

[WGH]

It is just me, or Xenomorph and Distortus Rex kinda look alike???

Yes, the Distortus Rex was inspired by a Xenomorph:

Speaking with Screen Rant's Liam Crowley, Jurassic World Rebirth director Gareth Edwards touched on some of the inspirations of the new mutant dinosaur, confirming that the Xenomorph from Alien and the Rancor from Star Wars were two major inspirations. Edwards also explained that a regular T. Rex was another addition. When asked about the character of the D-Rex by the animators, Edwards said "go rewatch David Lynch's The Elephant Man."

https://screenrant.com/jurassic-world-rebirth-d-rex-design-inspiration-explained-gareth-edwards/

[WGH]

Want more D-Rex? Of course you do. Here is a 1 minute: 45 second short bonus feature


Unleashing the D-Rex: Behind Jurassic World: Rebirth | Bonus Feature

https://youtu.be/VCGyHp6XAro