While far from an uneven franchise’s worst, “Jurassic World Rebirth” has a peculiar sense of pacing and a grim endurance-test tone.

“Jurassic World Rebirth” has nods to the past even as it cuts a new future with new characters. It’s a sort of heist movie with monsters that’s set on the original decaying island research facility for the original, abandoned Jurassic Park.

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