The tagline for this movie: A New Era Is Born. When the global ecology proves to be mostly inhospitable to the re-engineered dinosaurs, the ones that remain exist in remote equatorial regions similar in climate to when their genetic ancestors thrived. An expedition is mounted to a tropical secluded area to harvest DNA from massive creatures of land, sea and air to create a pharmaceutical that would be a groundbreaking lifesaving medical breakthrough to the benefit of all of humankind.
Jurassic World Rebirth is the seventh entry in the franchise and the fourth since the rebranding which proves that dinosaurs are still a draw for audiences but still has an issue with presenting the viewer with new memorable human characters to care about surviving their dinosaur encounters. Gareth Edwards brings his trademark directing skill of making special effects look seamlessly integrated with the real life environment while moving the story along at an almost breakneck pace with high intensity action. The script by David Koepp is a combination of tropes that have been seen in other Jurassic movies, but told from varying perspectives which explains seeing mistakes made that should not still be happening due to that society’s current knowledge of de-extinct dinosaurs. The cast does a solid job of selling the danger their characters find themselves in from veterans like Scarlett Johansson & Mahershala Ali along with up and comers like Jonathan Bailey & Luna Blaise among others. Alexandre Desplat does a good job of repurposing the musical themes composed by John Williams in a way that provides scenes with the required wonder or dread depending on the situation. This motion picture is a straightforward installment in the film series with room to improve and hopefully the next sequel will include at least one character from the animated series Jurassic World: Chaos Theory brought over to live action. I rate this cinematic entry a rating of 3 out of 5.
