Jurassic World Rebirth movie review: Scarlett Johansson in one of franchise's best films
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Ever since Steven Spielberg's masterly 1993 adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park, the franchise has strived, but never quite managed, to recapture that lightning-in-a-bottle moment.
Gareth Edwards , the British director behind Godzilla (2014) and Star Wars spin-off Rogue One (2016), comes mightily close with Rebirth. Perhaps 'Remix' might be a more accurate title, as Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp conjure another Crichton-esque story set on an island.
This time the setting is Ile Saint-Hubert, a tropical locale where research for the original theme park was conducted, including experiments with genetically mutated dinosaurs.
While it is a place where 'travel is expressly forbidden', that does not stop Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson), a private contractor hired by a pharmaceutical company, from going there to retrieve samples from three of the biggest dinosaurs left in existence.
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