Honestly, Iโm getting tired of how every Jurassic Park or Jurassic World movie feels the need to throw in kids or teenagers as part of the main cast. Itโs like theyโre afraid to make a dinosaur movie without adding โwideโeyed innocentโ characters to react to the chaos. At first, it worked โ Lex and Tim in the original were fine because they were John Hammondโs grandkids and actually tied to the plot. But now it just feels forced and repetitive.
Instead of focusing on the awe and terror of surviving dinosaurs, the story always detours into protecting some random kid or giving them screentime to scream or do something reckless. It kills the tension โ every time a kid is in danger, you already know they wonโt die, so it removes suspense. Meanwhile, adult characters get sidelined or written flat just so the kid can have an โimportantโ moment.
I actually liked Jurassic World Rebirth โ the dinosaur action was great, the visuals were insane, and it finally felt like the franchise was trying something new with the setting.
BUT!
Every time thereโs a tense moment, the focus shifts to โprotect the kidโ or โfound familyโ arcs instead of just letting the survival story play out. Itโs predictable โ we all know nothing bad will happen to them, so it drains some of the suspense. I wouldโve preferred if the movie just committed to the darker, more survival-driven tone without forcing a family angle into the middle of it.
The movie itself is solid and I enjoyed it, but I canโt help feeling like the family subplot was tacked on โ we came for dinosaurs, not babysitting duty. If the next film cuts that out and just focuses on humans versus nature, it could be one of the best in the series.