Toward the beginning of Jurassic World Rebirth, Dr. Henry sighs, "Nobody cares about these animals anymore. They deserve better." It's hard to disagree. Dinosaurs—the real creatures who represent so much fascination and curiosity and wonder that we’ve pretty much ejected from our collective dreams—deserve so much better than this.

Scarlett Johansson leads a crew of explorers into uncharted territory - and very familiar blockbuster terrain - in yet another dinos-run-amuck adventure

There is a scene in the film where Bailey's Loomis gets to touch one of the dinosaurs he has only ever studied, a moment reminiscent of Sam Neill's Alan Grant seeing live dinosaurs for the first time and getting to touch a sick Triceratops.