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Forbes
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Inside Thailand's ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth' Filming Locations And How To Visit Them
The gateway to the eponymous theme park, from the film 'Jurassic Park', 1993. (Photo by Murray ...) 'Jurassic World: Rebirth,' the latest installment in the Jurassic franchise, opened on July 2 and has already grossed more than $318 million worldwide. Its critical reception was stronger than 'Jurassic World: Dominion' in 2022, albeit still lukewarm compared to the audience's reaction, which continues to pack theatres for dinosaur action. Will moviegoers turn into set-jetters, eager to explore the film's exotic backdrops across Thailand that brought the fictional 'Ile Saint-Hubert' to life? Indeed, interest in 'Jurassic World Rebirth' is not stopping at the box office. Google Trends data shows breakout searches for everything from cast details and trailer footage to filming locations. Thailand was already enjoying a pop culture spotlight earlier this year thanks to 'The White Lotus' Season 3, which aired in February and was filmed primarily on Koh Samui. Now, 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' puts another region of Thailand, Krabi, in the spotlight, raising the question of whether the country is on the verge of yet another tourism surge. Tourism Authority of Thailand listed all filming locations including Ban Ba Kan in Northern Ao Luek that provided the terrain for fast-paced jungle chase scenes, or the famous Railay Beach which often featured prominently in aerial shots throughout the film. However, the film's primary locations in Thailand all lie within national parks or protected areas. Visiting them responsibly is essential. Here is where 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' was filmed, and how to visit each site with care for the environment. Khao Phanom Bencha National Park, Krabi Khao Phanom Bencha National Park showcases its beauty during the movie's jungle treks and dense rainforest sequences. Its towering trees, misty peaks, and cascading waterfalls were a natural fit for the film's deep-island terrain, with hiking trails that lead to hidden caves and panoramic viewpoints. The five-tiered, over 260-feet Huai To Falls was the filming location where Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) falls through the trees and lands in a pool of water. Huay To Waterfall in Khao Phanom Bencha National Park, Krabi. The park is about 12 miles north of Krabi Town, spanning over 50,000 acres. It is the smallest national park in Thailand, yet it is home to a diverse array of wildlife, including white-handed gibbons, stump-tailed macaques, mouse deer, wild boars and over 120 bird species. With only 20,000 annual visitors and minimal infrastructure, Thailand's smallest national park may not be ready for a blockbuster tourism surge. If set-jetters begin arriving in large numbers, the park's fragile ecosystem and limited facilities could face serious strain. In delicate ecosystems like this, responsible travel is not just recommended, but required. Ko Kradan, Hat Chao Mai National Park, Trang Kradan Island (Koh Kradan) is prominently featured during the beach landing scenes and coastal hideouts. Sunset Beach is where Duncan Kincaid's (Mahershala Ali) boat crashed. However, according to an interview with production designer James Clyne by Conde Nast Traveller, most of it is CGI. Travelers eager to visit the beach will not find it exactly as it appears in the film. Aerial view of beautiful sea at Ko Kradan island in Trang province Thailand The island is part of Hat Chao Mai National Park in Trang Province, about a 45-minute boat ride from the mainland. Its white-sand beaches, coral reefs and crystal-clear waters provided the perfect cinematic backdrop for the film's opening moments, as characters arrive on the fictional island's ('Ile Saint-Hubert') shores. But with growing attention comes greater responsibility. The coral ecosystems here are delicate and increasingly vulnerable to warming seas, pollution and tourist activity. Travelers visiting this island should help protect it by choosing reef-safe sunscreen, avoiding contact with corals while swimming or snorkeling and refraining from standing on or collecting marine life. Ko Kradan's natural beauty is already vulnerable, a fact made clear by its annual closure to tourism from August 1 to September 30. The two-month break is part of a conservation effort to allow its ecosystems time to recover and regenerate. Ao Phang Nga National Park, Phang Nga Bay Ao Phang Nga National Park has already appeared in the 1974 James Bond film titled 'The Man with the Golden Gun', and now it adds another Hollywood title to its résumé. Its towering limestone karsts rising from emerald waters were the backdrop of several scenes in 'Jurassic Park:Rebirth'. James Bond island with traditional Thai wooden longtail boat and beautiful sand beach in Phang Nga ... More Bay, Thailand. 'It is already a famous destination as there is lots of boat tours in the bay. However, some parts are more crowded than other. The area around James Bond Island and Koh Panyee tends to be overcrowded but there is still area more preserved around Koh Yao Noi,' advised Elisa Lopez, product manager for Thailand at EXO Travel. The park is also home to Thailand's largest native mangrove forest, a critical ecosystem that supports a wide range of wildlife. The park hosts around 180 bird species, including the rare mangrove pitta and seven types of kingfishers, as well as smooth-coated otters, dusky leaf monkeys and crab-eating macaques. Rare sightings of dugongs and finless porpoises highlight the park's marine importance. The park is easily accessible from both Phuket and Krabi. The main access point, Tha Dan Pier in Phang Nga Town, is roughly 40 miles northeast of Phuket and about 60 miles northwest of Krabi. Klong Root, Krabi Kayaking on Klong Root, Krabi Klong Root offers a quieter moment in the film, capturing scenes of peaceful freshwater canals. It is where the surviving protagonists of the film attempt to evade dinosaurs by walking chest-deep in water in the mangrove forest. Klong Root features jungle-lined streams and crystal-clear waters, making it a popular spot for kayaking and swimming. The village of Nong Thale, where the entrance is located, is about 10 miles from Krabi Town. Jurassic-Themed Tourism Grows Beyond Filming Locations Beyond the filming locations, Bangkok is preparing to take the franchise experience a step further. 'Jurassic World: The Experience,' a sprawling 65,000 sq ft immersive exhibition featuring animatronic dinosaurs, VR-enhanced sets and full-scale recreations of Isla Nublar, is set to open on August 8. The installation marks a strategic move to attract set-jetters, leveraging the global buzz around the film to drive a new wave of movie-inspired tourism. Hotels are also gearing up to welcome set-jetters drawn by 'Jurassic World: Rebirth.' At Banyan Tree Krabi, guests can book a Jurassic-themed experience that includes a half-day longtail boat excursion to Hong Island, a three-hour tour of Klong Root, and a custom guidebook detailing filming locations for those planning to explore the sites independently. Aerial view of Banyan Tree Krabi "It didn't surprise us at all that the film's producers would call on Krabi as the setting for a dinosaur habitat," said Haruethai Maneerat, general manager at Banyan Tree Krabi. "I can't count the number of times I've had guests remark that the landscape is so abundantly natural."
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Jurassic World Rebirth' Review: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali Find Signs of Life in 32-Year-Old Dino Franchise
Dr. Henry Loomis, the paleontologist played by Jonathan Bailey in Jurassic World Rebirth, at one point laments the public's diminished interest in seeing the same old prehistoric creatures. That prompted the bottom line-driven folks at InGen, the billion-dollar biotech corporation that specializes in resurrecting extinct animals, to start crossbreeding new species. 'Engineered entertainment' is what Henry calls it. The same descriptor could apply to Gareth Edwards' new chapter in the cloned dinosaur franchise birthed by Steven Spielberg more than three decades ago. There are some mighty new monsters on the prowl, but this is primarily an assembly of recycled story beats. Which is not to say the movie doesn't deliver adrenalized action, excitement and white-knuckle close encounters with giant beasts whose rampaging anger at times gives them a weird kinship to the cruelly exploited carnival attractions of Tod Browning's Freaks. How can you not feel a little bad for a hulking great mutant called a Distortus Rex — or D. Rex, just to make it more humiliating — with a head like a beluga whale? Men playing God rarely works out well, and these hybrid Mesozoic throwbacks have good reason to be pissed. More from The Hollywood Reporter Why Everyone Is Talking About Malta Right Now Steven Spielberg Says "I Have No Plans Ever to Retire" at Universal Theater Dedication 'Rogue One' Director Has No Plans to Make Another 'Star Wars' Movie: "I'm Very Happy to Move on" Returning screenwriter David Koepp co-wrote the 1993 Spielberg original with sci-fi author Michael Crichton, on whose books the movies were based, as well as the 1997 sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. While Koepp did not write Jurassic Park III, he had a hand in shaping the plotline. It's predominantly the first and third installments that yield the abundant déjà vu moments in Rebirth. But whatever the new movie lacks in originality, it makes up for in propulsive narrative drive, big scares and appealing new characters played by a terrific cast — even if they are mostly cut from an existing mold. Colin Trevorrow got the second trilogy off to a strong start in 2015 with Jurassic World, and J.A. Bayona's sequel, Fallen Kingdom, scored points for invention, switching gears into haunted-house territory. But the closing installment, Dominion, exposed a franchise gasping for creative oxygen, shifting away from creature-feature horror to ho-hum action-adventure. By going back almost to basics, Rebirth delivers on the promise of its title. At the end of Jurassic World Dominion, humans and dinosaurs were edging toward coexistence, with lots more prehistoric clones out in the world beyond their sanctuary. But modern-day Earth's atmosphere has proved inhospitable to the creatures, with many dying out or migrating to a tropical band around the equator that resembles their native Mesozoic Era climate. Tourism to the area is strictly prohibited. A prologue set 17 years before the main action takes place in a secret InGen research and development facility on Isle Saint-Hubert near Barbados. When the containment system malfunctions due to a stray Snickers wrapper, a technician watches in horror as her lab partner is ripped apart and eaten by a mostly unseen genetic dino-mutation. Back in the film's present, slick Big Pharma executive Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend) puts together an illegal expedition to accompany him to the island and help extract DNA from the three most gargantuan species inhabiting land, sea and air — respectively, the herbivorous titanosaurus, the aquatic mosasaurus and the flying quetzalcoatlus. Scientists at his corporation, ParkerGenix, believe those samples contain the key to revolutionary heart disease medication, worth trillions to whomever lands exclusive control. Krebs first enlists Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson), a tough ex-special forces operative, now a private contractor in situational security and reaction — 'a mercenary,' as Dr. Loomis, who's next on the recruitment list, puts it in a good-natured dig. Still hurting from the loss of her training mission partner in Yemen, Zora sees Martin's $10 million fee as an avenue to retirement from a punishing field. (Though judging by how comfortable Johansson looks in tank tops, cargo pants and grimy sweat, Zora seems unlikely to bow out anytime soon.) They rendezvous in a Suriname port town with Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali), captain of the Essex, a repurposed military patrol boat that will get them to Isle Saint-Hubert. Like his old friend Zora, Duncan is still pained by a tragic family loss; the two of them pull a crafty move to get Krebs to bump up Duncan's fee. Duncan's crew includes obnoxious head of security Bobby Atwater (Ed Skrein), Haitian co-pilot LeClerc (Bechir Sylvain) and deckhand Nina (Philippine Velge). Anticipating the order in which they become dino-snacks is a fun guessing game. Because it wouldn't be a Spielberg-affiliated Amblin picture without at least one kid in peril, an initially separate plot strand tracks a family sailing trip aboard La Mariposa, a sloop skippered by Reuben Delgado (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo). Since his divorce, Reuben's daughters, college-age Teresa (Luna Blaise) and 11-year-old Isabella (Audrina Miranda), have lived with their mother. The vacation is Reuben's attempt to reconnect with them, though he's not thrilled to have Teresa's lazy stoner boyfriend Xavier (David Iacono) along for the ride. In the first of the many extended action set-pieces that are director Edwards' forte, La Mariposa is sideswiped by a mosasaurus and capsized. The Essex picks up the family's mayday signal, and while Martin — gradually revealed to be the usual unscrupulous corporate creep — insists on sticking to their extraction mission, not getting sidetracked with search and rescue, he's overruled by the others. Koepp's script, after taking its time over character development, sticks to the recipe: Add dinosaurs and stir. That accelerates once the Essex gets hammered by a spinosaurus attack, with Teresa in a hairy close call that reveals further damning evidence of Martin's untrustworthiness. They veer into the rocky shallows of Isle Saint-Hubert, hoping the predators will be too large to follow. But they end up shipwrecked there, with the Delgado group separated from their rescuers. Shot (like Spielberg's original) with Panavision cameras and anamorphic lenses on 35mm, the jungles of Thailand that stand in for the island offer spectacular visuals. DP John Mathieson's dynamic shooting style keeps the pulse racing as the two parties weave their way through dense vegetation in which every unnerving sound or rustling of leaves amps up the tension. Given that the abandoned InGen facility runs on geothermal power from hot springs, they figure it will be the best place to get help. A gas station convenience store certainly makes it ideal for product placement — Dr. Pepper, Lay's potato chips, Cheetos, etc. — not to mention the best place to replicate the kitchen scene in Jurassic Park in which velociraptors stalk two children. This time it's a squawking quetzalcoatlus, smart enough to follow the fleeing humans into the underground tunnels that connect the village. That same pterosaur species features in a scene in which Zora and Henry rappel down a vertiginous cliff to an ancient temple carved into the rock face, where they extract a sample from a nest of quetzalcoatlus eggs. Mom is not pleased to find them in the rookery. Much of the humor comes from bespectacled Henry's lack of preparedness for field operations, having spent his working life in museums, and from his bantering flirtation with Zora. Bailey and Johansson, both in excellent form, inject a lot of charm into the evolving rapport between these two opposites — one an idealistic science guy, the other a swaggering combat vet who nonetheless is receptive to Henry's misgivings about the ethics of the ParkerGenix plan. One of the most memorable sequences — and the one that most recalls the poetic, quasi-spiritual sense of wonder in Spielberg's original — is when they reach a lush green valley full of grazing titanosauruses. Henry is like an enchanted child, dumbstruck at the sight of these gentle giants and almost unable to contain his emotions as he strokes one of the creatures' massive legs. Alexandre Desplat's rich orchestral score, incorporating John Williams' classic theme music, effectively punches up action scenes, but it's especially lovely in these tender moments. The other major source of heart in the movie is the growing closeness of the Delgado family. Having Isabella shocked into silence by the ordeal but rediscovering joy through a cute critter she carries in her backpack and names Dolores — a puppy-like, animatronic creature known as an aquilops — is so Spielbergian it's corny. But the sweetness is also disarming. Likewise, Reuben's increasing respect for Xavier, who turns out to have more going for him than his flaky slacker demeanor might indicate. Franchise superstar the T. Rex, with its bilious roar and tiny hands (I'm not going there), makes a welcome return. Woken from sleep on the banks of a river on which the Delgados attempt a raft escape over rapids, the massive therapod thunders after them — it swims! — in a scene that reaches peak nail-biting suspense when Isabella is separated from the group. The blend of physical locations with sets and digital imagery is seamless and the CG work on the creatures is first-rate, notably so in the scary climactic stretch when the lumbering D. Rex joins the fray. Edwards clearly is a devoted Spielberg fan, embedding subtle homages throughout, notably in the open water sequences that recall Jaws. Jurassic World Rebirth is unlikely to top anyone's ranked franchise list. But longtime fans (count me among them) should have a blast. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts
AU Financial Review
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- AU Financial Review
Breathtaking action scenes make Jurassic World: Rebirth a winner
'Nobody cares about these animals any more.' It could be any academic lamenting the current antipathy for research and education, but from the mouth of a character in the latest movie in the Jurassic Park series, it's a touch more self-reflexive. Hollywood is hoping Jonathan Bailey's Dr Henry Loomis, a nervy researcher packing up his latest dinosaur exhibition, in Jurassic World Rebirth has it wrong.
Time Out
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
‘Jurassic World Rebirth' locations: the tropical real-life settings behind the dino adventure
The seventh 'Jurassic' movie, Jurassic World Rebirth is a return to form for a franchise that was looked to be going the way of that ailing Triceratops in the Spielberg original. Props to director Gareth Edwards (The Creator) and OG screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park) for getting back to basics. Their new action-adventure flings terrifying prehistoric critters – swimming, flying and stomping – at a brave band of under-prepared humans on a lush tropical island and pulls it off in often thrilling style. The movie spans a range of suitably exotic locations, from New York to the Atlantic to the fictional equatorial island of Saint-Hubert, Rebirth 's answer to Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica. To capture its spectacular Central American beaches, valleys and waterfalls, the cast and crew travelled to… South East Asia. Here's where, and how, it all came together. What happens in Jurassic World Rebirth? Dinos may be old hat in the world at large, but humanity hasn't given up on exploiting them for financial gain in the new movie. With a potential cure for heart disease in his sight, slippery pharma exec Martin Krebs (The French Dispatch 's Rupert Friend) assembles a team to head to the forbidden, dinosaur-laden Ile Saint-Hubert and extract the blood from three different species. On the team are Jonathan Bailey's paleontologist Dr Henry Loomis, an acolyte of Jurassic Park 's Alan Grant, who will provide the expertise. Providing the firepower are security consultant Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and her team leader Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali), plus some extra muscle courtesy of Ed Skrein, But a mishap with a Mosasaurus leaves them, and the shipwrecked Delgado family, ill-equipped, ashore and facing an array of fierce prehistoric beasties – including a few newbies of the 'killer mutant monster' variety. Where was Jurassic World Rebirth filmed? Unlike the original Jurassic Park, which shot its fictional Isla Nublar on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Edwards turned to Thailand for his Ile Saint-Hubert. Also on the shooting schedule were Brooklyn, a few UK locations and sets, and one of Hollywood's favourite water tanks. Here's where it all happened. The New York dinosaur encounter took place in Dumbo, New York The movie kicks off with Martin Krebs assembling his team in New York. The corporate gun-for-hire gets stuck in a traffic jam caused by a rogue dinosaur. The scene was filmed in Brooklyn's waterfront DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) area. The museum scene was filmed at the University of Greenwich, London Next stop: the work place of paleontologist Dr Henry Loomis (Bailey), a New York museum that, IRL, was actually London's University of Greenwich. Van Dyke's Bar was filmed in Krabi, Thailand Still on a recruitment drive, Krebs, Bennett and Loomis pitch up at Duncan Kincaid's (Ali) waterside bar, Van Dyke's, to persuade the security operative to join the mission. In the story, this sun-splashed establishment, full of Jaws Easter eggs, is found on the northern coast of South America. To film it, a derelict outdoor café was repurposed in a remote fishing village called Bah Gun. The Mosasaurus attack was shot at Malta Film Studios Taking a yachting holiday through dinosaur-y waters, the unfortunate Delgado family encounter a grumpy Mosasaurus in the Atlantic. Luckily, Duncan's boat, The Essex, is on hand to rescue them – although things only get more perilous from there. Those scenes were filmed at Malta Studios' famous water tanks. 'Malta was one nonstop stunt,' remembers Ali. 'We're working on this rig moving in different ways, getting hit with wind machines and water cannons; they made it very easy to pretend you're at sea!' Ile Saint-Hubert was shot in Thailand To create the fictional island of Saint-Hubert, Gareth Edwards and his team scouted locations in Dominican Republic, Mauritius, Panama and Costa Rica (an early option for Spielberg in the 1993 movie). He settled on 'the very primeval' wilds of Thailand, familiar terrain from his 2023 sci-fi The Creator, with a strong lean toward the latter. 'We sent pictures over to Steven Spielberg,' recalls producer Patrick Crowley, '[and] he said, 'We're done! That's the place.'' 📍 Time Out's essential guide to Thailand The Ile Saint-Hubert beach shipwreck was shot at Ko Kradan, Thailand The southern Thailand island of Ko Kradan was the setting for the shipwreck scenes, when the Delgado clan washes up on Ile Saint-Hubert. Other Thailand locations used include Krabi's Khao Phanom Bencha National Park and Ao Phang Nga National Park in Phang Nga. The T-rex rapids attack was filmed at Lee Valley White Water Centre, UK This white water rapids outside of London was originally created to host the canoe slalom event at the 2012 Olympics. Thirteen years on, it was hosting a T-rex slalom as the Delgado family try to escape the jaws of one of the island's apex predators. Shots of the rapids were blended with footage of a flooded quarry in Thailand to create one of the action set pieces of the year. 📍Here's how to visit Lee Valley White Water Centre The ancient temple was shot at Sky Studios Elstree, UK One of the UK's newest film studios, Sky Studios has hosted Paddington in Peru and Wicked in recent years. In Jurassic World Rebirth, its sound stages were used for a spectacular sequence involving a vicious Quetzalcoatlus nesting in an ancient temple, augmenting footage taken in a Thai national park. Scenes of Zora and her team abseiling into the nest were filmed in a Sky Studios backlot. Other scenes filmed at Sky Studios include the gas station, the abandoned InGen complex, and the tunnel network below Ile Saint-Hubert.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jurassic World Rebirth has everything a Jurassic film should
Stephen Spielberg's original Jurassic Park film (1993) instilled awe and trepidation in his characters and audience alike. As his protagonists wrestled with the unintended consequences and ethical dilemmas of reanimating extinct apex predators, viewers marvelled at the novel use of CGI. At a keystroke it seemed to consign the hand-crafted stop-motion wonders of dinosaur films past to the archive. Alongside pulse-pounding action set pieces delivered with trademark Spielberg panache, that first film flamboyantly inaugurated a new era in fantasy effects. And it solicited delight and wonder from its audience. On opening day in New York the dinosaurs' first appearance prompted a spontaneous ovation: I was there and clapped too. Thirty-two years, six Jurassic iterations and countless monstrous digital apparitions later, that initial wow factor is a distant memory. By Jurassic World: Rebirth (set nearly 35 years after the original film) dinosaurs are treated by their human prey as barely more than inconvenient obstacles. They're dangerous, of course, but certainly not wondrous. Looking for something good? Cut through the noise with a carefully curated selection of the latest releases, live events and exhibitions, straight to your inbox every fortnight, on Fridays. Sign up here. Palaeontologist Dr Henry Loomis's (Jonathan Bailey) delight in coming face-to-face with his objects of study is a pale echo of the giddy euphoria that overtook Sam Neill and Laura Dern's characters all those years ago. In fact, early in the film we're told that the public have since lost all interest in dinosaurs. Wildlife parks and museum displays are closing and the animals themselves have mostly died off outside their quarantined tropical habitat. As this has information has little bearing for the plot, it's hard not to sense some ironic commentary from screenwriter David Koepp (returning to the franchise for the first time since 1997) on the exhaustion of the Jurassic Park model. Always incipiently reflexive – as a blockbuster set in a theme park – by this stage in the game, the franchise machinery is inescapably visible. Almost as ironic is a plot line promoting the open-source sharing of intellectual property for the benefit of the whole world rather than exploitative corporations. I doubt NBCUniversal-Comcast would agree. The Jurassic Park format is among the most unforgivingly rigid of any current film franchise. Each instalment (bar to some extent the last, the convoluted 2022 Jurassic World: Dominion, whose characters and story the new release completely ignores) places humans in perilous proximity to genetically rejuvenated sauropods. And generally does so in a remote, photogenic tropical location with minimal contact with the outside world. (Will the franchise ever run out of uncharted Caribbean islands where demented bio-engineers have wreaked evolutionary havoc?) The human characters in this new film are the usual pick-and-mix of daredevil adventurers, amoral corporate types and idealistic palaeontologists. And there are the mandatory school-age children too – important to keep the interest of younger viewers. The real stars of course, are the primeval leviathans who grow larger and more fearsome – though not more interesting – with each new episode of the franchise. How this human-dino jeopardy comes about tends not to matter very much. Jurassic World: Rebirth produces one of the least interesting MacGuffins in movie history (meaning something that drives the plot and which the charcters care about but the audience does not). Blood drawn from each of the three largest dinosaur species in the aforesaid remote tropical island will produce a serum to cure human heart disease (dinosaur hearts are huge, you see, so … never mind). This feeble contrivance suffices for sneery Big Pharma suit Martin (Rupert Friend) to hire freebooters Zora (Scarlett Johansson) and Duncan (Mahershala Ali) for his expedition. Along the way they encounter a marooned family (dad, two teens, one winsome but plucky grade-schooler) who subsequently have their own largely self-contained adventures before reuniting for the big climax. Franchise filmmaking is generally an auteur-free zone. Welsh blockbuster specialist Gareth Edwards is no Spielberg (though he pays homage at several point, notably in a waterborne first act studded with Jaws references). But he handles the action with unremarkable competence. In truth, Jurassic World: Rebirth suggests that the intellectual property so expensively vested in the franchise would benefit from some genetic modification. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Barry Langford does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
