Introduction: The Dinosaurs Are Scary Again
The 2025 film Jurassic World: Rebirth, directed by Gareth Edwards, marks a thrilling return to form for the franchise, reminding audiences that dinosaurs are, first and foremost, scary as hell. While the story is still more "world" than "park," this new chapter delivers a tense, action-packed survival story filled with terrifying new creatures and clever nods to the series' roots.
This is the in-depth, scene-by-scene analysis of the complete film, breaking down every reference, dinosaur detail, and hidden secret you might have missed.
The Prologue: A Catastrophe on Isla Santubéa
The film opens 17 years in the past on Isla Santubéa, a new location 226 miles off the coast of South America. This InGen facility is a secret hub for DNA splicing, part of the same corporate initiative to create "new and exciting" attractions that would later lead to the Indominus Rex. Inside a quarantine container, we get our first glimpse of the film's new monster: the D-Rex (Distortus Rex).
The design of the D-Rex is inspired by iconic pop culture creatures like the Xenomorph from Alien and the Rancor from Star Wars. It's a grotesque mutation with six limbs and a bulbous head, designed to be both terrifying and pitiable due to its painful deformities. A dropped candy bar wrapper jams a security door, causing a system-wide shutdown—a clear homage to the "Nedry curse" and the lesson that a messy workspace can lead to catastrophe. The D-Rex breaks loose, and in a heartbreaking moment reminiscent of Gareth Edwards' Godzilla, one scientist is forced to abandon his colleague to the beast.
The Neo-Jurassic Age and a New Mission
The film jumps to the present day, 2025. Text on screen explains that dinosaurs have migrated to regions around the equator, unable to survive the climate and modern microbes in other parts of the world. This new era is known as the Neo-Jurassic Age, a term coined by Dr. Ian Malcolm in Fallen Kingdom.
We meet the key players:
Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend): A corporate representative for a big pharma company called Parker Genix, which has acquired InGen.
Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson): A tough-as-nails special ops expert.
Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey): A paleontologist who once worked with Dr. Alan Grant.
Their mission is to travel to the dinosaur-infested tropics to extract DNA from three colossal, long-living species: the Mosasaurus (sea), the Titanosaurus (land), and the Quetzalcoatlus (air). The goal is to synthesize a cure for heart disease, a premise based on the real-world scientific theory that large dinosaurs had remarkably low incidences of the disease.
Assembling the Team and the 'Jaws' Connection
The team gathers in Suriname, where they recruit Zora's former military colleague, Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali). From the very beginning, the film is packed with references to Steven Spielberg's Jaws. When Krebs tries to assert his authority, Kincaid retorts, "It's my boat," a direct echo of the famous exchange between Brody and Quint. The entire sequence of hunting the Mosasaurus is structured like the shark hunt in Jaws.
Another parallel to Jaws is the introduction of the Delgado family, who are sailing across the Atlantic. Their peaceful journey is shattered when their sailboat is capsized by the Mosasaurus, creating a desperate mayday call that Kincaid's crew intercepts.
Chaos on the High Seas and a Double-Cross
What follows is a thrilling montage of Zora on the bow of the ship, trying to harpoon the Mosasaurus with DNA extraction tubes. The hunt is successful, but their victory is short-lived. The boat is suddenly attacked by a group of amphibious Spinosaurus, the fan-favorite dinosaur from Jurassic Park 3. One of the crew members, Atwater, is immediately eaten.
During the chaos, Krebs reveals his villainous nature. When one of the Delgado children, Teresa, falls overboard, he lets her fall to her death. This act of cruelty establishes him as the "Carter Burke" of the group—the soulless corporate man willing to sacrifice anyone for profit. The boat crashes, stranding the survivors on the dangerous island.
A Journey Through the Jungle
The survivors split into two groups. Zora's team follows a creek, while the Delgado family follows geothermal pipes leading to the abandoned InGen facility.
The Titanosaurs and a Moment of Awe
Loomis, Zora, and Kincaid reach a valley and witness a breathtaking sight: a herd of massive Titanosaurs, their long tails snaking through the mist. The scene is a powerful moment of wonder, evoking the awe of the "Welcome to Jurassic Park" scene from the original film. Loomis, overcome with emotion, breaks down in tears. This scene also contains a wonderful Easter egg: a patch on Loomis's bag from the "Snakewater Canyon" dig site from the opening of the first Jurassic Park, suggesting he was a protégé of Alan Grant.
The T-Rex and the River Raft
Meanwhile, the Delgado family has a terrifying encounter with a sleeping T-Rex. This entire sequence is a direct adaptation of a famous scene from Michael Crichton's 1990 novel that was storyboarded for the 1993 film but ultimately cut. The T-Rex awakens and, in a shocking reveal, proves to be an adept swimmer, pursuing their inflatable raft down the river.
The Temple of the Quetzalcoatlus
The second DNA extraction takes place in an ancient temple, now the nesting ground for the giant flying reptile, the Quetzalcoatlus. The scene is filled with Indiana Jones vibes, as Loomis swings across a chasm on a rope to retrieve an egg sample. The sequence ends in tragedy when another crew member, Leclerc, is snatched, swallowed, and digested alive by the massive creature.
The Final Stand at the Gas Station
The two groups finally reunite at an abandoned InGen gas station and convenience store. Here, Krebs's treachery is fully revealed, and he holds the group at gunpoint for the DNA samples. Their standoff is interrupted by the arrival of Mutadon Raptors—mutated Pteranodon-Raptor hybrids first seen in a container at the start of the film.
What follows is a tense chase sequence that masterfully recreates the feel of the iconic kitchen scene from the original Jurassic Park, with Gareth Edwards using reflections and close-ups of taloned feet to build suspense. The survivors manage to escape into a drainage tunnel, but Loomis is forced to go to the roof to signal the evac helicopter.
This act of heroism attracts the wrong kind of attention. The colossal D-Rex emerges from the mist and devours the helicopter in a single bite. Krebs makes a frantic escape in a jeep, but in a moment of karmic justice, he is stopped, picked out of his car, and bitten in half by the D-Rex.
In a final act of heroism, Kincaid grabs a flare and lures the D-Rex away from the others, echoing Alan Grant's famous flare scene from the first film. He miraculously survives, and the team escapes on a boat as the sun rises.
Conclusion: Life Finds a Way
As they sail away to safety, dolphins leap beside the boat. Zora and Loomis decide to release the DNA data to the world for free, ensuring that the cure for heart disease won't be hoarded by a single corporation.
But the film saves its best Easter egg for last. Throughout the movie, the youngest Delgado daughter, Isabella, has been wearing a t-shirt that was right under our noses the whole time. It shows a pelican—the same bird that signaled the survivors' escape at the end of the 1993 film—with a phrase written in Spanish: "la vida encuentra su camino," which translates to "Life finds a way."
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