Ask almost any film fan for a list of their favourite blockbusters and it's highly likely that Jurassic Park will feature somewhere near the top of that list.
But for all that success, the response to almost all of its sequels has been relatively muted – at least as far as critics' reaction goes. Newly released film Jurassic World Rebirth is the latest to be graded rotten by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the third consecutive entry in the franchise for which that holds true.
The film serves as a relaunch of the franchise, introducing fans to a new batch of characters including Scarlett Johansson's covert operative Zora Bennett, Jonathan Bailey's palaeontologist Dr Henry Loomis and Mahershala Ali's team leader Duncan Kincaid, who are hired by the shady boss of a pharmaceutical company (Rupert Friend) for a top secret mission.
Along the way, they encounter the civilian Delgado family and have all manner of terrifying interactions with dinosaurs – including one scene that was initially meant to be in the original Jurassic Park – while also discovering that the island is home to various species of mutated dinosaurs resulting from failed InGen experiments.
But how does it all end? And could there be another film in the franchise? Read on for everything you need to know.
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Jurassic World Rebirth ending explained: What happens to the samples?
By the final section – with some very close shaves along the way – Zora's surviving team have managed to collect all the samples that they need and are able to reunite with the Delgados at an abandoned village, where they plan on mounting an escape from the island for good.
Thankfully the whole family manage to escape into a tunnel system that leads to a boat, which should be their ticket our of danger.
Henry, Duncan and Zora then join the family in the tunnel, while pharma rep Martin Krebs attempts to make his own escape, determined to keep his hands on the samples – which he plans to extract great profit from – by literally handcuffing the case that contains them to his wrist.
Of the party, only Isabella is small enough to squeeze through the gate and she bravely does exactly that, before managing to open it just long enough to let the others escape while still closing it in time to trap the Mutadon, all while avoiding the attentions of the D-rex.
As they escape on the boat, it falls to Duncan to distract the D-rex – which he does using a flare. Initially it doesn't look good for his survival – appearing as if he has sacrificed himself – but it is then revealed that he has escaped into the sea, where he is gathered by the boat before the whole group sails away to safety.
And so after some brief persuasion, they decide that rather than keeping the samples under the control of one pharma company for profit reasons, they should make them open-source such that everyone can enjoy the huge medical benefits they offer. A very happy ending, then!
Will there be a sequel to Jurassic World Rebirth?
With the film expected to perform well at the box office, we imagine that there will certainly be discussions at Universal about bringing Johansson, Bailey and Ali back for another film, although nothing has been reported just yet.
However, now that they know about these mutated dinosaurs, it's very possible that they could be determined to conduct greater research as to what went on at InGen's research facility – Henry in particular seems likely to want to dig into matters further. We'll be keeping our eyes peeled for any updates...
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