By John Corrado
The seventh film in the franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth was one of the biggest box office hits of the summer, and is now available on physical media. You can read my full review of the film right here.
This one is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), and arrives over three decades after Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original, and ten years after a new trilogy was launched with franchise reboot Jurassic World.
Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali lead a new cast of characters, who are sent to collect research samples from an island of genetically mutated dinosaurs. It doesn’t reach the heights of the original, but is still a largely decent entry into the franchise, with a few solid set-pieces.
As a final note, the 4K Ultra HD presentation does justice to the movie (which was shot on 35mm film), with its mix of lush scenery, heavy use of visual effects and nighttime scenes, making this a standout for the format. It really captures the filmic look of the movie.
Film Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)
Bonus Features (4K Ultra HD):
The 4K disc includes around ninety minutes of bonus features, offering a pretty comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the production. A regular Blu-ray is also included in the package, which ships with an embossed slipcover.
• Alternate Opening (1 minute, 39 seconds): A brief alternate opening sequence, presented pre-visualization stages.
• Deleted Scenes (Play All – 4 minutes, 17 seconds): Two unfinished extended moments cut from the film.
- Raptors (1 minute, 21 seconds)
- Mutadon Attack (2 minutes, 53 seconds)
• Jurassic World Rebirth: Hatching a New Era (Play All – 56 minutes, 20 seconds): This hour-long piece, divided into six separately playable chapters, takes us through a number of key aspects. It touches on the camaraderie between the cast members, shooting on location in the jungles of Thailand, working with a boat rigged on an underwater gimbal for the ocean sequence, bringing the river raft set-piece from Michael Crichton’s original book to the screen, and paying tribute to the earlier Jurassic films (as well as working in references to other Spielberg classics like Jaws and Indiana Jones).
- The World Evolves (6 minutes, 57 seconds)
- Off the Deep End (9 minutes, 56 seconds)
- Trekking Through Thailand (9 minutes, 3 seconds)
- Rex in the Rapids (8 minutes, 14 seconds)
- Don’t Look Down (10 minutes, 15 seconds)
- Mini-Mart Mayhem (11 minutes, 53 seconds)
• Gag Reel (1 minute, 52 seconds): Your standard issue gag reel.
• Meet Dolores (3 minutes, 57 seconds): A closer look at the baby dinosaur that kid character Isabella (Audrina Miranda) interacts with, brought to life on-set through puppetry and animatronics.
• Munched: Becoming Dino Food (5 minutes, 34 seconds): This piece looks at some of the deaths by dino that supporting characters face in the movie, building on the legacy of the franchise.
• A Day at Skywalker Sound (10 minutes, 24 seconds): Child actress Audrina Miranda learns about the sound effects and foley in the film.
• Hunting for Easter Eggs (6 minutes, 25 seconds): A closer look at the many nods to the original film and Spielberg’s Jaws sprinkled throughout the movie.
• Feature Commentary with Director Gareth Edwards, Production Designer James Clyne, and First Assistant Director Jack Ravenscroft
• Feature Commentary with Director Gareth Edwards, Editor Jabez Olssen, and Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery
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