Overview

• Directed by Gareth Edwards, the seventh Jurassic installment opened in theaters on July 2 with a runtime of about 134 minutes.
• Scarlett Johansson leads as mercenary Zora Bennett alongside Jonathan Bailey’s Dr. Henry Loomis and Mahershala Ali’s Duncan on a mission to harvest dinosaur DNA.
• A pharmaceutical corporation’s plan to use prehistoric genetics for an unprecedented heart medication raises ethical questions over corporate control of scientific discoveries.
• The film integrates homages to Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park—such as a T. rex chasing a red flare—within its suspenseful action-horror sequences.
• Critics have rated it 53% on Rotten Tomatoes for flat human characters, while audiences give it a 75% approval score for its thrills and nostalgic touches.