Like many of the installments preceding it, Jurassic World: Rebirth opens with a catastrophic accident at a secret InGen facility on Ile Saint-Hubert. A security failure allows a deadly new predator, the Distortus rex, to escape and wreak havoc on the island. Oh no!
Fast forward five years, and dinosaurs that have been roaming the Earth are dying due to an unlivable climate and have all migrated to a series of tropical islands along the equator.
Enter Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson), a corporate fixer sent by ParkerGenix’s majority stockholder, Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend), to lead a dangerous mission to collect dinosaur DNA. Why? Because there are six zeros on the check. Alongside her are mercenary leader Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali) and paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey), all tasked with extracting blood samples from the largest creatures left alive. As you also know, dino DNA has healing powers…I mean, properties.
The team’s journey begins aboard Kincaid’s ship, headed for the island. They’re first target is from a Spinosaurus. Thanks to Zora’s keen sharpshooting skills, the first sample was procured.
A Spinosaurus roars at its prey in a jungle encounter from Jurassic World: Rebirth.
“…a catastrophic accident at a secret InGen facility on Ile Saint-Hubert…”
Meanwhile, a family of civilians—Reuben Delgado and his teenage daughters, Teresa and Isabella, plus Teresa’s boyfriend Xavier—who happened to be caught in the crossfire during a pleasure cruise gone wrong, are attacked by the Spinosaurus. Their ship is torn apart in the assault, and the survivors are forced to abandon ship. Fortunately, Bennet and crew can rescue the Delgado family, but not before being attacked by the water dinos themselves.
When Teresa tries to call for help on the radio, the bad guy, Krebs, pries the radio from her, and in the process, she is thrown into the water. All the Delgados and Xaviers jump into the dinosaur-infested water to save her, and our team is now split. Bennet and gang hunt for more samples, while the Delgados look for shelter.
Can Zora retrieve the final samples, be rescued by her mercenary team, and cash the check?
Not all of the previous Jurassic Parks were bangers, but they all (maybe not three) dealt with existential questions about whether man should be playing with such dangerous pets. The first film raises the question of whether this was a good idea in the first place. The Jurassic World got into the theme of genetic experimentation, dinosaur holocaust, and the ramifications of living with dinosaurs.
"…makes Jurassic Park III look like Raiders of the Lost Ark..."
