You remember the original “Jurassic Park”, right? The blockbuster, which crawled out of the primeval mucus in 1993, showed that Steven was still a paperback for the beach in gold on the box office could transform. And the Tyrannosaurus Rex missed its biggest PR thrust in 66 million years?
Welcome back to Jurassic World
Of course you do that. His special mix of somewhat old (dinosaurs), something new (cutting-edge CGI), something borrowed (a very well-known action) and some blue (Jeff Goldblum, Nerd-Sex symbol) made the adaptation of Michael Crichtons Roman quickly one of the most successful films ever. The film remains a favorite for everyone who wants to open their home cinema systems. The original testified. Which in turn showed a trilogy. Which in turn testified a second trilogy. And that ended that two Jurassic teams merged. If the series had tacitly ended with “Jurassic World: Dominion” in 2022, even the most passionate popcorn cinema fans had said: Well, like the dinos, it had a good run. But as the first film and history of Hollywood show in the past five decades: nothing really dies. Especially not when it comes to a billion dollar franchise.
So, welcome … in “Jurassic World: Rebirth”! The seventh part comes with a completely new ranks of characters. An extremely optimistic subtitle. And a cleverly meta -like view of the cycles of pop cultural phenomena into cinemas. Once, the film tells us, people flocked to the cinema to see them revived from old DNA. Then the novelty used. The audience became tired of all the new brontosaurs and triceratopsen. And through indifference, competing “Engineered Entertainment” distractions and some disasters that shred the industry, the whole thought of freezing in the face of recessed primeval system was extremely passé. Feel free to pull parallels.
Two groups, one goal: dinosaurs
In the world of “Rebirth” in 2025, dinosaurs are on the way to extermination. Most died, a few continue to live in oxygen -rich areas and tropical climate zones near the equator. People are forbidden to travel to the island of Île Saint Hubert, where many of the remaining dinosaurs continue to live. There used to be the experiments and laboratory tests of the company, which was responsible for the amusement parks – potential new intersections were developed there.
And, as a prologue shows, an accident once occurred there with an carelessly thrown away chocolate bar, an employee and an Xenomorpha -like monstrosity called Distortus Rex. [Kurzer Einschub: Der Film enthält extrem viel Product Placement, selbst für einen Studio-Sommerblockbuster. Doch da eine hochmoderne Testeinrichtung durch einen Snickers™ fast allein zum Einsturz gebracht wird, sollte Mars Inc. sich ihr Geld vielleicht zurückholen.]Of course, a strict prohibition does not mean that not any profitable Mistermerl mercenaries would hire to go to the island.
This is where Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend) comes into play. He is a representative of a pharmaceutical company and knows that the DNA could contain the key to healing numerous human diseases. Anyone who gets the DNA on their hands will master the market – so cancer wants to pass the competition. He hires “Situation Security and Reaction Expert” Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) for a high fee. Together they recruit Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey from Wicked) because they need a paleontologist to determine the species. The chance of seeing a dino up close can not repay Loomis. He also acts as a moral conscience of this hunting force. “Is it a crime to kill a dinosaurs?” Asks Krebs. “It’s a sin,” replies Loomis.
Action double pack with mixed result
In addition, there is Duncan (Mahershala Ali), a ship captain from a Caribbean harbor that Zora hires to bring the team to the lost island. It accompanies his crew – which has names, but also called “future snacks 1–7”. This makes one group complete that will compete against the angry, hungry dinosaurs. Or better: one of the groups. Because we also get to know the Delgados, a family on a sailing tour over the Atlantic. Father Reuben (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo from The Lincoln Lawyer) wants to make one last trip with his children before the oldest, Teresa (Luna Blaise), goes to college.
She brought her less helpful friend (David Iacono) to Papa’s displeasure. The youngest, Isabella (Audrina Miranda), completes the family picture. After an encounter with a whale -like dino, her boat capsized. Duncan catches the emergency signal and takes the Delgados on board. Everyone goes to Île Saint Hubert. The groups are separated. And, well … you know what happens next, right?
Jump back and forth between the two groups
The idea of sharing and conquering sounds on paper clever: two different exploration teams-one voluntarily, involuntarily-double the narrative terrain and the number of possible dino fantasy creations for the VFX team. Zora & Co. have to deal with a protective pterodactylene mother, while the Delgados have to prevent a T-Rex from eating both their rubber boat and it themselves. Spricing veteran David Koepp, who also wrote the script for the first Jurassic Park, knows how to juggle parallel action lines, and brings back a lot of monster film mood, which made the first film an old-fashioned adrenaline thick.
But not even he can prevent the constant back and forth between the two groups from letting the tension run away well before the inevitable reunification. And although there is this family-dramatic approach, the amateur survival artists are simply not as interesting as the mercenaries, the nerdy scientist and the greasy corporate floors. One understands the desire for children in danger, but wishes that one would only have remained with the adventurers.
Rebirth or recycling?
And although director Gareth Edwards knows how to staged CGI battles and multi-character action (he was responsible for the Godzilla reboot from 2014 and Rogue One: a Star Wars Story), a lot of things like to feel here. Jurassic World: Rebirth has an above-average director, a top script, a real Hollywood star in action mode, one of the best actors of the present-both Johansson and Ali wear a lot of load, especially with the “rocky reactions” scenes-and the traction of a proven brand.
So why does the whole thing seem so generic, so routinely, forgot immediately? The whole film is like a blockbuster-finish mixture, composed of known spare parts and only upgraded by the brand name. Fans and full artists could be liked to find a Scarjo-against-dinos showdown, and you should never underestimate the power of huge, tooth-consumed jaws who eat themselves through defenseless people. But long before the big, final spectacle you begin to understand why the audience in the film is bored with all the once exciting and unique. To name this film Rebirth was probably an act of oversized optimism.