Jurassic World 4: Rebirth ULTRA 4DX (2025) Review



A poster featuring Scarlett Johansson as "Zora Bennett", Mahershala Ali as "Duncan Kincaid", and Jonathan Bailey as "Dr. Henry Loomis" onboard a ship that is being attacked by a Mosasaurus for the 4DX version of the 2025 movie, "Jurassic World Rebirth".

Jurassic World 4: Rebirth ULTRA 4DX (2025)
Movie Review

“A piece of coprolite worthy of the Jurassic franchise.”

Reviewed by Dr. DJ Hadoken 7 the Fake Paleontologist


The haters thought they could keep a DJ down. But I was just living in the moment. Perfecting my sound. The doctor of the mix by day. A fake paleontologist by night. That’s right. It’s none other than yours truly, Dr. DJ Hadoken 7 the Fake Paleontologist. Back again, bringing you my movie review for the highly anticipated follow up to the critically acclaimed “Jurassic World Burgers” trilogy.

If you want to learn more about what led up to the premiere of “Jurassic World 4: Rebirth ULTRA 4DX”, I suggest that you check out my reviews of the “Jurassic World Burgers” trilogy: here, here, and here.

“Jurassic World 4: Rebirth ULTRA 4DX” is the official remix version of “Jurassic World Rebirth”. According to the description, ULTRA 4DX combines the sensory attraction experience of “4DX” with the three-screen multi-projection system “ScreenX”.

The movie was directed by Gareth Edwards (he also directed “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016)) and written by David Koepp (he wrote the script for the first “Jurassic Park” (1993) movie and its sequel, “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” (1997)). It stars Scarlett Johansson (from “Ghost in the Shell” (2017)) and some other actors who are less important than her.

The commercials before the movie were almost as entertaining as the movie itself (they may vary depending on your venue). I don’t know why, but they decided to use a look alike of Nedry (a.k.a. Newman from “Seinfeld”) instead of the actual actor (Wayne Knight) for the “Jurassic Trail Rated Jeep” commercial.

And then there was a commercial for “DINO-A-LIVE: A Dinosaur Odyssey 2025”. This one was not even related to “Jurassic World Rebirth”, but who cares? Where else can they peddle this stuff? Nobody cares about dinosaurs besides the kind of people who watch “Jurassic Park”. That’s why playing cards with generic dinosaur graphics and Engrish on them were being sold along with official movie merch at the theater. In most people’s heads, “Jurassic Park / World” and dinosaurs are the same thing. Check the merch pics at the end of this review!

There was also a commercial for some LEGO “Jurassic World Rebirth” playsets that featured a LEGO Spinosaurus chasing a family in a car. Sadly, this turned out to be the longest that we are able to see Spinosaurus outside of water during the entire movie experience. And for some reason, there was a screaming LEGO hot dog guy on a keychain.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to walk you through every beat of the movie experience. The trailers pretty much spoil the whole movie. You’re paying to see what happens between the trailers, which is mostly insignificant.

Unfortunately, there was no shot of a helicopter delivering McDonald’s to the Mosasaurus like there was for the “Jurassic World Burgers” trilogy. But there was a scene where Martin Krebs reaches up to grab a gun dangling from the hand of a corpse hanging out of the cockpit of a crashed helicopter. In my opinion, instead of a gun it should have been a McDonald’s bag. That way, it would have been easier to connect the narrative to the helicopter that we see in the commercial for the Cheese Avocado Mayo Shrimp Burger.

Now, let’s talk about what you probably came here for: THE ULTRA 4DX REMIX VERSION OF “JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH”. I will share some more of my thoughts about the narrative in general afterwards. So stick around to the end if you want to read what I REALLY think about this movie.

The theater I went to recommended that you finish your snacks before the movie starts because the ULTRA 4DX seats move around during the movie. No problem for me because the line for snacks was too long this time, so I hadn’t bought anything, anyway.

There were free lockers just outside the screen near the seats. But it was not mandatory to use them because there is enough space in front of the seats to put your bag on the floor or keep it on your lap. But if you have a lot of personal belongings, maybe it would be better to put them into a locker because it would be hard to recover small items if they drop to the floor while the seats are moving.

The seats are like big massage chairs. Not uncomfortable. Similar to normal good quality-ish theater seats (not dollar theater quality ones) but only slightly larger with thicker cushions. I sat in the front row, but it was not a problem because the seats can recline further back than regular theater seats and are far enough away that the whole screen is easily visible.

The seats were separated into groups of four that were all connected together, similar to an amusement park attraction. Disappointingly, because your seat is connected to three other seats, it is easy to feel the movement of other people’s feet, which can distract from the movie experience.

The seats did not constantly move. When they did move, it was sudden and without any warning (besides what was happening in the movie narrative). I wonder how people who arrive late are supposed to sit on the seats if they don’t know when they will start moving?

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In the scenes where the seats moved, they would primarily move in sync with the camera. But in some scenes they would move or vibrate independently of the camera in order to emphasize the action on screen. The vibrations around the lower back and the bottom of the seat were similar to the kind of vibrations you would feel in a regular seat at a theater with a good bass system. The vibrations on the upper back were the strongest and were used mainly for emphasis during the dinosaur attack scenes.

During the water scenes, the seats gently rocked in a way that emulated the sensation of being on water. According to the movie’s promotional material, about 30% of this movie takes place on water, so it’s not surprising that there was a lot of rocking throughout this ULTRA 4DX experience.

And about that “ULTRA” in ULTRA 4DX... It’s there because of the integration of the “ScreenX” three-screen multi-projection system that I mentioned in the intro to this review. But, disappointingly, it turned out to be an overhyped gimmick.

I was expecting the theater to be wider to accommodate for two more screens on the sides. But it turned out to be a standard square theater. The two extra “ScreenX” so-called “screens” were just projected onto the left and right walls of the theater. The visual quality was about the same as what you would expect if you simply projected a movie across all of the walls of your living room as big as you could, ignoring aspect ratio and without moving any furniture out of the way. It was so stretched that the images of the sides were unenjoyably low quality and blurry most of the time.

Because the screens are projected onto the side walls in this fashion, and not at an angle in front of you, you have to turn sideways to see what’s on them. And it’s hard to do that without making it seem like you are turning to stare at the person next to you.

The side screens were not cleanly synced with the center screen, either. For example, there were multiple scenes where the side screens would be panning faster than the center screen. This was especially noticeable at the “seams” where the walls (screens) meet at the left and right corners of the theater. It looked so bad that it seemed like during production nobody intended to ever fix those “seams” to begin with.

BESIDES THE SIDES... (haha that’s a pun, get it?) Occasionally, there was a smoke effect that seemed to be utilized sparingly. For example, during the opening scene at the InGen laboratory with the D-Rex, there was maybe like just one puff of smoke that was used. The smoke came out from just in front of the screen and was the same color as the smoke in the movie, so it was a nice immersive touch. And there was also occasionally a smoke effect that came from the ceiling.

A wind effect and LOTS OF SPRAYS OF WATER were utilized more frequently. For some reason, most of the water sprays were aimed right into the face and eyes. Thankfully, there’s a button on the armrest of the seat that allows you to turn off the water spray effect. But I didn’t use it because I paid a lot of money for that ULTRA 4DX experience.

During the scenes where the ULTRA 4DX wasn’t used, the side screens would remain completely black. It appears that the production companies just didn’t feel like making the ULTRA 4DX experience for those parts because nobody is going to ask for a refund, anyway.

There was not much ULTRA 4DX in the New York scene or the museum scene, but there were some ULTRA 4DX effects used when they were flying in the helicopter just before the scene at Van Dyke’s Bar. But not much side screen was used here, either. Considering how low quality the side screens are when they are actually utilized, the ULTRA 4DX experience feels like what it is: a rip off.

During the first scene on Duncan Kincaid’s ship, there was some noticeable ULTRA 4DX wind and sprays of water. But it wasn’t until the first scene on the Delgado family’s “sloop” (that sounds like a DIRTY WORD but it’s just a type of sailboat) that THE FULL ULTRA 4DX EXPERIENCE was actively utilized. Especially when the Mosasaurus attacked the Delgado family, there was a lot of strong rocking and sprays of water.

The second Mosasaurus attack scene was also immersive in ULTRA 4DX. There was a lot of noticeable wind, water sprays and seat movement. There was a strong vibration in the upper part of the seat that was utilized to represent the sensation of the Spinosaurus biting onto Bobby Atwater.

The ULTRA 4DX effect as the boat crashed onto the island (Ile Saint-Hubert) was not bad, either. More of the smoke effect was utilized in this scene. And there was a slight burning smell, but I’m not sure if the smell was from the smoke that reached the seats or the special ULTRA 4DX smell effect. And there was another strong vibration in the chair when the Spinosaurus bites onto Nina.

After that, there was not much ULTRA 4DX utilized until the pee scene with Xavier Dobbs. During the pee scene, there was a burst of wind when the Mutadon swooped down. And that was followed by a lot of rumbling as it attacked the Velociraptors. I wonder why the water spray effect was not used in this scene?

ULTRA 4DX was also utilized during the Titanosaurus scene. There was noticeable motion on the side screens as the characters moved through the long grass. Unfortunately, the experience was ruined by the emergency exits (as I explained earlier, the side screens were simply being projected onto the left and right side walls of the theater). It was funny to look at because it was as if somebody had superimposed a couple of stationary emergency exits on top of all this movement that was happening in the movie.

A lot of strong wind, rumble and water splashes were utilized in the river raft chase scene with the T-Rex. And similar to the Spinosaurus, strong vibrations in the upper back were utilized to represent the Quetzalcoatlus’s bites (or should I say pecks?) during the attack scene in the temple. More wind, rumble and water splashes were utilized afterward when Dr. Henry Loomis falls from the mountain through the trees and into a lake.

As the characters approached the abandoned InGen research facility, the smoke effect was utilized again to represent the fog and was a nice touch of immersion. Strong back rumbles were utilized during the Mutadon attack scene later at the convenience store.

During the scene where Martin Krebs is frantically trying to drive the Jeep towards the docks through the forest and swamp, it felt as if the ULTRA 4DX creators went crazy with the effects. I think this was the most intense and sustained rumbling felt throughout the entire movie. But I imagine this is the same experience you’d have during the car chase scene of any other ULTRA 4DX movie.

There was a subtle, but noticeable metallic smell that was utilized during the scenes with the D-Rex. I wonder if it was supposed to represent what the D-Rex smells like? The most detail in which I can describe it in is that it smelled like some kind of burned, hot metal.

A lot of rumbling was used during the final D-Rex scene, but it was not as intense as the Jeep scene and it didn’t last very long. The ULTRA 4DX experience ends soon afterwards with gentle rocking as the characters sit in the small boat, leaving the island. It was like the audience was being gently rocked like babies. There was no ULTRA 4DX effect during the credits.

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Despite its flaws, I feel that, overall, the ULTRA 4DX version of “Jurassic World Rebirth” delivers a more satisfying experience than the regular version. This time I watched from the front row and I would recommend it because you have a nice full view of the screen and smoke effects.

The 4DX promo that was shown before the movie started claims that 4DX is the “future of cinema”. 4DX isn’t bad, but I wouldn’t call it the “future”. It’s too easy to stream movies from home nowadays, and the 4DX experience would have to be exceptional enough to motivate people to consistently head to a theater.

The ULTRA 4DX experience isn’t cheap, either. If what you’re really looking for is just an immersive experience in 4D, you might as well visit a theme park with more entertaining attractions. Albeit, a theme park might have a more expensive entrance fee, considering that many locations have multiple attractions that can potentially be enjoyed multiple times at no additional cost, there’s more “bang for your buck” to be had at a theme park compared to a one-off ULTRA 4DX movie.

Speaking of the future, according to the movie’s promotional material, “Jurassic World Rebirth” is supposed to take place IN THE FUTURE (the summer of the year 2027). However, in the actual movie, the “future” looked a lot like the present. The opening sequence even states “Present Day” and doesn’t mention that it takes place in 2027, oddly.

Considering how DISTANT the year 2027 is from now (it’s currently almost the end of 2025 at the time of writing this) I would have expected to see some sort of futuristic trope, typical of movies that take place in the so-called “future”, such as FLYING CARS or ROBOT DINOSAURS.

Or maybe the first “Jurassic Park” movie should have been remade instead. It seems like this franchise is grasping for straws at this point. Hey, that’s a nice segue into my thoughts about the narrative! Now LET ME TELL YOU what I REALLY think of this movie.

“Jurassic World Rebirth” is a movie that falls within, what I call, the M.F.S.M. (Made For Social Media) genre. A M.F.S.M. movie is characterized by promotional and narrative material that is deliberately presented in a way to evoke (or “trigger”) people to react on social media. You have to be aware of that as you observe the narrative. If not, you’ll come out of it feeling polarized by the shenanigans. That bit about the movie supposedly taking place in the “future”? Oh, that’s just the tip of the M.F.S.M. iceberg.

I consider the previous movie, “Jurassic World Dominion” (2022) to be an example of excellent, almost savant-level execution of a work within the M.F.S.M. genre. A “crapterpiece”, if you will. “Jurassic World Rebirth” is also “good” in regards to its execution within the M.F.S.M. genre, but falls behind “Jurassic World Dominion”.

The reason “Jurassic World Rebirth” falls behind its predecessor is because there are some shenanigans in the movie that seem to be the result of simple incompetence and / or indolence (a.k.a. too much money to care) and not deliberate intent. For example, I don’t believe that Scarlett Johansson being a horrible actress is something that she did on purpose to trigger people who watched this movie.

Scarlett Johansson’s acting is so bad that even the Japanese voice actress, Wakana Matsumoto (known for her role as “Airi Nogami” in the “Kamen Rider Den-O” TV series (2007)) had trouble matching Johansson’s complete lack of talent.

In her comments about the dub, Wakana Matsumoto stated, “Scarlett Johansson is a truly wonderful woman and one of the actresses I admire. This time, I tried to interpret the emotions she portrayed while acting, but made sure not to be overly influenced by her performance.” You interpret that how you want, but I interpret it as her saying in the nicest way that she can that Scarlett Johansson’s performance sucked so bad that there was nothing useful to work with for the Japanese dub.

My impression of Japanese dubs of Western media is that they typically excel at improving certain characters who may have been hindered by the weak performances of the original actors. So it’s unfortunate that someone as talented as Wakana Matsumoto was unable to salvage the character of Zora Bennet from Scarlett Johansson’s horrible acting.

I haven’t seen all of the movies that Scarlett Johansson has acted in, but as for the ones I have seen her in, her acting was horrible. Her acting ruined what “Ghost in the Shell” could have been. She sucked as Black Widow in “The Avengers” and is actually one of the reasons I lost interest in that franchise. Her presence on screen annoys me. That is not what should happen with a main character.

I feel that the problem with her acting is that she seems to lack enthusiasm, which lowers the energy of any scene that she is in. It’s like she just kind of showed up for the gig because she needed something to do to stay busy that day, not because she wants to be there. Another actress whose lack of enthusiasm reminds me of Scarlett Johansson is Annet Mahendru, who played Huck in “The Walking Dead: World Beyond” (2020).

It seems like rich and privileged connections are what enable these kinds of performers to continually “phone it in” throughout their careers, with no consequences (and no underlying talent, either). If they were K-Pop artists, the critics would probably call them “nepo babies”.

But who is worse for the Jurassic franchise? Chris Pratt from the previous three films, or Scarlett Johansson? I don’t know, because they are both pretty bad in their own way. But I know that I don’t want to watch another two or more Jurassic movies with Johansson in it. Hopefully, the executives fire her before they begin production of the next movie.

It’s too bad that Scarlett Johansson didn’t mutate into a dinosaur like she did in that one AI trailer that was making the rounds online awhile back. Hey, the movie takes place on an island of MUTANT DINOSAURS, after all. After reaching the lab, maybe she could have fallen into some vat of experimental genetic manipulation goo and then started to transform into a dinosaur after that.

Heck, “Jurassic World Rebirth” is not, technically speaking, even a “dinosaur” movie. As one of my fellow RIAopians pointed out: it’s a kaiju movie. Most of the creatures on the island are supposed to be mutants. So, they are not real dinosaurs. What’s a kaiju? All sorts of mutant monster things that run amok. And that’s what’s on Ile Saint-Hubert in this movie.

It’s almost as if the production companies did not want to pay royalties to use the likenesses of traditional dinosaurs in “Jurassic World Rebirth”. Perhaps it could be that other companies have started to realize that they can copyright the “appearances” of dinosaurs? Because nobody knows what dinosaurs really looked like to begin with, these “appearances” are in essence “artistic interpretations”, aren’t they? The public isn’t aware of everything that goes on behind the scenes. Who knows? Maybe I’m onto something.

Speaking of mutant dinosaurs... Apparently, the mutations have made the dinosaurs on this island really stupid and lazy. I imagined that T-Rex would sleep in a more defensive posture (such as standing up or just slightly crouched down). I didn’t imagine that they would roll around on the ground, expose their bellies and scratch themselves like some lazy dog, as the one that is shown before the river raft chase scene did. It didn’t even bother to climb over a couple of rocks to eat the Delgado family after it cornered them at the end of that scene.

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The Spinosauri were just as lazy as the T-Rex. After the boat crash scene, they could have easily enjoyed a human buffet, yet none of them bothered to emerge from the water and hunt the humans down. Only one that happened to be sleeping nearby (ahem, lazy dinosaur island) snatched the easiest target, Nina.

There were not even any Spinosaurus jokes in this movie. Spinosaurus jokes are what inspired me to become a fake paleontogist and follow the Jurassic franchise to begin with. To say I was disappointed is a gross understatement. I guess that the joke’s on us for believing Spinosaurus would be done justice in this movie.

Oh yeah, and how about all the Titanosauri on the island? Considering multiple apex carnivores such as Spinosaurus, T-Rex, Quetzalcoatlus, and D-Rex are roaming the island, weren’t there waaay too many Titanosauri? The only way there could be that many is if the predators on the island are so lazy and inept that the Titanosauri are able to BREED WITH IMPUDENCE. Which is apparently what was happening, because the two Titonosauri that were first shown were rubbing up on each other as if they were about to start doing the DIRTY DEEDS.

How could all those Titanosauri fit on that island, anyway? If there were that many, the island would probably stink and be contaminated from so much TITANO-EXCREMENT. There are probably not even enough trees on the island to support the plant-based diet of so many of them.

It would have been nice if things like the above were explained within the narrative. Why was the D-Rex created? What was that long, giant snake-like thing that was stalking them in the swamp? Why didn’t anyone point out that “Dolores” was an AQUILOPS?

Dr. Henry Loomis should have been the one explaining these things. His lack of explanation makes me seriously doubt his credentials. I feel like I am a more qualified fake paleontologist than he is. Why didn’t he even explain why there are no Spinosaurus jokes in the movie?

Thankfully, an ex-Hollywood insider that is more qualified than Dr. Henry Loomis and has DIRECT CONNECTIONS with the Spinosaurus from “Jurassic Park III”, has already provided me with a fossilized joke that has the answer.

Q. Why was the contract for the Spinosaurus from “Jurassic World III” to appear in “Jurassic World Rebirth” never signed?

Because there was nobody left after lunch.

I’m glad at least SOMEBODY was able to finally provide an answer for us.

This review has already run pretty long, and, as I mentioned, this is after all a M.F.S.M. movie and many narrative shenanigans may have been deliberately set up that way to trigger people to react on social media. So it’s not worth the effort to dive in too deeply.

However, one narrative shenanigan that I thought was particularly absurd was, for example, when Reuben Delgado fires a flare in broad daylight from the Delgado family’s capsized SLOOP.

It’s like someone was just filling in check boxes with this scene. Duncan Kincaid’s ship was already so close to them that the Delgado family would have been clearly visible. I can’t say exactly how close, but just imagine the distance of about two or three swimming pools between the two vessels.

Somebody in charge must have ordered, “We need a scene where the Delgados fire a flare from their capsized sloop to catch Duncan Kincaid’s attention.” But since nobody bothered to specify exactly how far away the vessels had to be from each other in that scene, it was just cobbled together without anyone considering how absurd it would ultimately end up looking on screen.

Another narrative shenanigan that I found particularly absurd was the role of the supposed “antagonist” of the film, the “pharmaceutical representative” (a.k.a. generic “evil” corporate suit) from Parker-Genix, Martin Krebs (played by Rupert “Friend”... M.F.S.M. casting decision, perhaps?)

Martin Krebs was not a convincing “bad guy”. Most of the time, he seemed to be acting more rational than the other characters. Even in the scene where Teresa Delgado falls overboard into the Spinosauri infested water. It didn’t appear as if he “intentionally” let her fall overboard. He was clearly struggling with the predicament he was in before he ran out of time to help her.

In contrast, Teresa Delgado was probably the worst human being in the entire movie. If anyone deserved to be eaten by a Spinosaurus, it was Teresa Delgado.

Not only does she falsely accuse Martin Krebs of intentionally allowing her to fall overboard, she also forces her insufferable boyfriend (Xavier Dobbs) onto her family. Not only does her family have to escape dinosaurs, they end up catching the Stockholm syndrome that Teresa Delgado has developed for her deadbeat boyfriend.

Why does Teresa Delgado harass the innocent Aquilops for no reason? And later on, she completely ignores all warnings before inflating the river raft in front of the sleeping T-Rex. The way she inflates the river raft and then tips it over without hesitation was just plain LAZY WRITING. What kind of character would expect a T-Rex to remain asleep after they’ve inflated a raft right in its face?

Despite the narrative shenanigans, I found the performances of Teresa Delgado (played by Luna Blaise) and her younger sister, Isabella (played by Audrina Miranda), to be superior to Scarlett Johansson’s Zora Bennett. Scarlett Johansson’s acting as Zora was so bad that it was easy for the two younger actresses to steal the spotlight from her. It’s even more of an impressive feat considering how poorly the character of Teresa was written, and that it was apparently Audrina Miranda’s first major film role.

As I predicted in my “Jurassic World Dominion” review, I suspect we’re going to have to wait awhile for an extended edition of the movie (if one is ever released) to enjoy a satisfying “Jurassic World Rebirth” narrative experience.

Even though the ULTRA 4DX version was more enjoyable than the regular version, as I mentioned earlier in this review, what happens between the trailers is mostly insignificant. After seven movies, this franchise’s narrative has become unintelligibly convoluted. All that ties “Jurassic World Rebirth” to the original “Jurassic Park” is the “Jurassic” in the title and several throwbacks to the first movie and original novel sprinkled in (like the river raft chase scene and convenience store scene).

That the production companies primarily rely on the first “Jurassic Park” movie for throwbacks despite there being six movies to choose from for material demonstrates how unmemorable all of the other movies were (with the exception of the Spinosaurus from “Jurassic Park III”, of course).

If the production companies were willing to put so much effort into producing those throwbacks, instead of doing a “soft reboot” as they called it (what does that even mean?) with “Jurassic World Rebirth”, why didn’t they just remake the original “Jurassic Park”?

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At least we have “Primitive War” and “Primeval” to fulfill the demand for what people actually want from a dinosaur movie. Hopefully, we’ll get an ULTRA 4DX remix version of that one too.

I’ll sign off on this review with images of some of the merch I picked up. And that LEGO hot dog guy on a keychain that I mentioned. Enjoy.


A photo of a hat and a Japanese folding sensu fan from TOHO Cinemas. The hat has the "Jurassic World Rebirth" and "Parker-Genix Pharmaceutical Engineering" logo on it. The sensu has a "Jurassic World Rebirth" dinosaur design illustration on it.

There was some nice movie merch in the TOHO Cinemas merch shop when I went to see the movie for the first time. By the way, the first time that I saw this movie, it was the regular version. For my second viewing, I went to a different non-TOHO theater to experience the ULTRA 4DX version. The non-TOHO theater did not have a gift shop.

I bought a “Jurassic World Rebirth” cap and sensu (a Japanese folding fan). Both are surprisingly better quality than I expected from generic promotional goods.


A photo of an A4-size paper sleeve that features a Mosasaurus attacking a shark in a design that is similar to the classic “Jaws” movie poster.

I also bought an A4-size paper sleeve that features a Mosasaurus in a design that is an homage to the classic “Jaws” movie poster. I think it’s pretty cool although the logo doesn’t say “Rebirth” on it, so I have a feeling this one originates from the first “Jurassic World” movie.


A photo of the front cover of the official TOHO Cinemas “Jurassic World Rebirth” Japanese movie brochure featuring the movie logo.

A photo of some pages from the official TOHO Cinemas “Jurassic World Rebirth” Japanese movie brochure featuring the river raft chase scene.

A photo of some pages from the official TOHO Cinemas “Jurassic World Rebirth” Japanese movie brochure featuring some photos from the production of the movie, including one of Gareth Edwards.

A photo of the front cover of the official TOHO Cinemas “Jurassic World Rebirth” Japanese movie brochure featuring an image of Scarlett Johansson as "Zora Bennett".

A photo of a page from the official TOHO Cinemas “Jurassic World Rebirth” Japanese movie brochure featuring images of various movie merchandise.

The TOHO Cinemas gift shop was also selling an official “Jurassic World Rebirth” brochure that contains some articles, production notes, and various factoids about the movie. Such as that 30% of the movie takes place on water and that Rupert Friend drew inspiration from James Bond for his performance of Martin Krebs.

One of the images in the brochure shows the river raft chase scene, but the river raft in this image is white and not yellow. I wonder if the one we see in the movie was actually white and the production companies changed it to yellow later in post processing?

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A close-up photo of the tag of some “Jurassic World Rebirth” movie merch from TOHO Cinemas featuring an image of Spinosaurus.

For some reason, the tags on the merch prominently featured a Spinosaurus. ON LAND. Considering how little justice the production companies did to its role in the actual movie, I wonder why TOHO Cinemas chose to feature the Spinosaurus on these tags over the other dinosaurs?


A photo of a poster, taken at a movie theater, promoting a "Jurassic World Rebirth" and Toys“R”Us collaboration.

At the ULTRA 4DX showing, there was an advertisement for a Toys“R”Us collaboration that used the same Spinosaurus graphic that was on the TOHO Cinemas merch tags. It seems like Mosasaurus was left completely out of this advertisement. But then again, wouldn’t it seem like A FISH OUT OF WATER if it did show up here?


A close-up photo of a Japanese cardboard pop-up card featuring the T-Rex from “Jurassic World Rebirth”.

When I went to the non-TOHO theater to experience the ULTRA 4DX version, the staff was handing out dinosaur “pop-up cards” to promote a “Jurassic World Rebirth” LINE mini app. These were theater exclusive “collectibles” with multiple versions available, depending on when you went to see the movie.


A screenshot from the AR feature of the Japanese "Jurassic World Rebirth" LINE mini app featuring images of T-Rex, Ankylosaurus, Titanosaurus, and Quetzalcoatlus.

By logging into the app and completing various “missions”, you are able to enter giveaways for “Jurassic World Rebirth” merch. The “pop-up cards” allow you to access the AR camera feature, in which you can use a T-Rex, Titanosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, and... Ankylosaurus for some reason.


An AR photo featuring a digital T-Rex standing by some Japanese "Jurassic World Rebirth" movie merch.

An AR photo featuring a digital Ankylosaurus standing by a Japanese cardboard pop-up card featuring the T-Rex from “Jurassic World Rebirth”.

I guess that Spinosaurus and T-Rex are too similar as carnivores that the production companies could only afford to use one of them for the AR camera feature. And then they threw Ankylosaurus in there to balance out the herbivore line-up with Titanosaurus, but does anyone really care?


A screenshot from a commercial for the LEGO "Jurassic World Rebirth" toy playsets, featuring a LEGO Spinosaurus running down a street.
SPEAKING OF SPINOSAURUS.
This was the BEST MOMENT in “Jurassic World Rebirth”.


A close-up photo of the front of a box of Japanese dinosaur playing cards by BEVERLY.

A close-up photo of the back of a box of Japanese dinosaur playing cards by BEVERLY.
“NOBODY KNOW DIFFERENCE.”
- C.E.O. of BEVERLY


A screenshot from a commercial for the LEGO "Jurassic World Rebirth" toy playsets, featuring a screaming LEGO hot dog guy on a keychain.

Too bad they weren’t selling the screaming LEGO hot dog guy on a keychain that appears during the “Jurassic World Rebirth” LEGO playset commercial.

That thing was weird.


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