Film Influencer 2025 - Jurassic World Rebirth

Jurassic World Rebirth is a sequel to 2022's Jurassic World Dominion, whilst being the fourth Jurassic World film and the seventh instalment overall in the Jurassic Park franchise. 

With a fairly damn talented cast including, Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Ed Skrein.

David Iacono as Xavier Dobbs is handsome AF but has some of the worst lines in the film, along with some of the most cringe scenes. Back to my first film in a hot minute.

Work on the film began shortly after the release of Jurassic World Dominion, when executive producer Steven Spielberg recruited Koepp to help him develop a new instalment in the series. 

Koepp previously co-wrote the original Jurassic Park film back in 1993. Along with writing the sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park in 97. 

Development of Rebirth was first reported in January 2024. Edwards was hired as director a month later, and casting commenced shortly thereafter. Principal photography took place in Thailand, Malta, and the United Kingdom from June to September 2024.

Jurassic World Rebirth premiered mid last month, while being released to the general public earlier this month.

Receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film has still grossed over $390 million worldwide against a budget of $180 million, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2025. So do film critics still matter if the box office says it's a huge success?

Yes Jurassic World Rebirth has become a bit of a hit! Jurassic World Dominion was a bit of a meh effort, so for me this was a huge improvement. There are less raptors, but more cross breed random dino's for a new, younger audience to enjoy.

For us older viewers, this was actually like one of the rides at Universal Studios. With every turn a new challenge.

So what's the basic plot of these humans chasing dino's? Again.

Set five years after the events of Dominion, Earth's environment has largely proven inhospitable to the remaining populations of dinosaurs and other de-extinct prehistoric animals.

The surviving creatures now reside in remote areas of the equatorial region, reminiscent of the environments where they once flourished. Zora Bennett (Johansson), a covert operative, is recruited by ParkerGenix, a pharmaceutical company, to collaborate with palaeontologist Dr. Henry Loomis (Bailey) and team leader Duncan Kincaid (Ali) on a top-secret mission to infiltrate Ile Saint-Hubert, a forbidden island in the Atlantic Ocean, once used by InGen as a dinosaur research facility. It received mixed reviews from critics.

This was a real popcorn blockbuster, with a couple of jump scares and fun along the way.

3 Stars.