Overview

• Jurassic World Rebirth serves as the franchise’s seventh installment and resets its tone by returning to a back-to-basics horror focus five years after Dominion
• Directed by Gareth Edwards and written by veteran scribe David Koepp, the 133-minute feature blends practical effects with ILM’s CGI for suspense-driven set pieces
• Scarlett Johansson stars as Zora Bennett, who is recruited by pharmaceutical rep Martin Krebs to lead an expedition to Ile Saint-Hubert in search of life-saving dinosaur biomaterial
• Early reviews praise Edwards’s visual craftsmanship, classic Jurassic Park callbacks and the introduction of the aquilops Dolores while critiquing uneven pacing and underdeveloped human characters
• Released July 2 with a Cert 12A rating, the film inaugurates Universal’s standalone approach and does not set up a direct sequel