Jurassic World: Rebirth - 6.4./10

Jadd J.A.D.D. Jadd

The Jurassic World series started decent enough with the reboot back in 2015. After that, it went downhill from there. I was excited by the trailer because it stars some of the best actors in the industry that I love. It looked like fun. And to be fair, that's what I got for the most part.

Gareth Edwards gives his signature flair to a poor script and does everything in his power to make it work, and he tries. The visual effects and everything technical are all top-notch; there are no faulty or rough CGI. It's great they went back to using actual locations and practical effects.

This movie made dinosaurs or mutant dinos scary again, really suspenseful, revealing shots that are effective. There are fun and engaging action sequences with memorable set pieces. The whole T. rex with the rift in the river sequence is nail-biting.

Alexandre Desplat's score is a strong homage to John Williams' masterpiece. It makes a distinct soundtrack that hits all the beats that you want a Jurassic movie to have.

Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey are champions in general for carrying this movie on their backs. They are some of my favourite actors, and they try so hard to work these thinly woven characters. They attempt to endow their characters with personalities and urgency. I can't express enough how much I love these actors and the range and variety as performers. The chemistry is on fire, and sparks between them.

The first twenty minutes are awkward and leave me scratching my head in disbelief. The dialogue was that clunky, or did the D-Rex, or Distortus rex, escape because of that? And that's just five minutes; the rest of the fifteen minutes is lame exposition. I know, I should be used to that in these movies, but it's not as bad as the previous Jurassic World trilogy. The design of The D-Rex, or Distortus rex, is very much like a Rancour from Star Wars.

It fixes the trope of the annoying kids, well, sort of. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo plays Reuben; he's a superb actor, and he's good with the script he has to work with. Audrina Miranda is good as Isabella Reuben's youngest daughter. The worst is Teresa, played by Luna Blaise (Reuben's eldest daughter). Xavier, played by David Iacono (Teresa's boyfriend). They are the worst! All they do is whine and make lousy excuses. Somehow, it's not as irritating or as annoying as the previous trilogy. Rupert Friend plays Martin Krebs, and well, he plays what exactly you think he plays. I cannot begin to explain why, maybe because I know what to expect.

They should've cut the family out altogether or kept Reuben and Isabella. The characters are very much flat-out boring and one-dimensional when given their 'tragic back stories'; it is not convincing, and straight out of a soap opera, and that's due to David Koepp's flimsy writing, which is a shame because he has a good concept & premises, but execution wise it's very choppy, his dialouge can be corny and silly. His characters just trudge on and make random decisions.

If you love this franchise, then you will not be disappointed. Then this is perfect for you. If you think this will give rebirth to this franchise, then sorry, because it went extinct long ago.