Jurassic World Rebirth Just Reversed Its Biggest Plot Twist — Here’s Why Fans Are Shocked
Jurassic World Rebirth Pulls a Surprising U-Turn on Fallen Kingdom’s Dinosaur Revolution
The Jurassic World series just hit a major plot rewind moment, similar to Star Wars’ Last Jedi backlash. After the bold move in 2018’s Fallen Kingdom, where dinosaurs broke free and roamed the world, the latest movie Jurassic World: Rebirth flips the script — and it’s puzzling why.
- Fallen Kingdom expanded the Jurassic universe by letting dinosaurs escape captivity worldwide.
- Jurassic World Dominion kept some of that vibe but stayed mostly in familiar settings.
- Rebirth dismisses the idea that dinosaurs live everywhere, confining them to a small equatorial zone.
- The movie’s plot doesn’t really need this change, making the rollback feel unnecessary.
- Dinosaurs suddenly aren’t thrilling or interesting to humanity anymore, which feels off for the franchise.
From Global Dinosaur Takeover to “Dinosaurs Can Only Survive Near the Equator”
Remember when Fallen Kingdom shook things up by having dinosaurs escape and spread across the globe? It was a huge shift, opening doors to new stories where humans and giant prehistoric predators shared the planet. Jurassic World Dominion kept some of that, but the latest film, Jurassic World: Rebirth, directed by Gareth Edwards and written by David Koepp, essentially says, “Nope, dinosaurs can’t survive everywhere.”
The movie repeats several times that dinosaurs only thrive in warm, moist equatorial climates. Five years after Dominion, dinosaurs have died out everywhere else. That’s a sharp reversal of the famous Jurassic Park quote “Life finds a way,” originally said by Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) during a speech about how life refuses to be contained.
Why This Change Feels Like a Missed Opportunity
This backtracking feels like a step back for the franchise’s creativity. Instead of embracing the exciting new world Fallen Kingdom set up, Rebirth shuts the door on future writers who might want to explore dinosaurs living all over the planet. The reason behind this is unclear — maybe the filmmakers or producers wanted to stick to familiar territory or keep things simpler.
The story follows Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend), a pharma entrepreneur who ventures to the equator to harvest dinosaur blood for a heart-disease cure. He hires a team including covert ops specialist Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and captain Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali) to collect samples from the largest dinosaurs on land, sea, and air. However, the script doesn’t explain why these particular mega-dinosaurs are needed, making parts of the mission feel like a typical fetch quest.
Interestingly, nothing about the plot really demands dinosaurs to be extinct outside the equator. The filmmakers could have just said these huge dinos need vast, undisturbed habitats away from humans or that the secretive blood-harvesting mission had to be in a remote, secure place to avoid competitors spying on them.
Dinosaurs Are Boring Now? That’s a Hard Sell
One of the oddest themes running through Jurassic World: Rebirth is that humanity has lost interest in dinosaurs. Paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) laments that dinosaur exhibits, once wildly popular, now gather dust. This feels like a strange and defeatist message for a franchise built on the awe and wonder of prehistoric creatures.
“Humanity is easily bored and needs newer, bigger, nastier dinosaurs” has been a recurring idea since the first Jurassic World. Yet it’s the least believable part of the series. After all, dinosaurs have fueled seven movies and multiple TV shows — and people naturally gravitate toward danger and excitement.
This repeated “dinosaurs are boring” vibe almost undercuts the thrill that made the original Jurassic Park so special, where Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) nearly wept upon seeing living dinosaurs for the first time.
So What’s the Verdict on Jurassic World: Rebirth?
Rebirth tries to deliver dinosaur action but keeps reminding us that dinosaurs aren’t exciting anymore. It leans heavily on classic human-vs-prehistoric-beast battles but shuts down the broader possibilities Fallen Kingdom opened up. This feels like a short-sighted move, breaking a powerful storytelling tool without considering future potential.
The movie itself manages fine as a straightforward action flick, but reversing the franchise’s biggest change — dinosaurs everywhere — seems like a lack of courage and imagination. Especially since there’s no strong reason given for this reversal.
Ironically, the film is called “Rebirth,” yet it does little to reinvent the Jurassic saga and much to close off future storytelling paths.
