With 2026 now upon us, it is time to reflect back on the cinematic year that was 2025 and recall a little piece of movie magic that I found quite memorable. Well, not so much memorable – as in awesome – but rather a scene so dumb that it made me laugh uncontrollably when I first watched it.

If you haven’t already guessed; I’m referring to the ‘disappearing T-Rex’ sequence in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ – a trick that would make David Copperfield blush with envy. What is most impressive is that the scene itself lasts only as long as it takes for a rubber dinghy to self-inflate; so we are talking about four to five seconds.

As I work through the key moments, keep in mind a couple of things; the size of the Tyrannosaurus and its close proximity to the jetty – which stands only a few metres away. With that being said, I shall now present my case using selected frames in chronological order: – and remember, this entire sequence goes for only a few seconds.

T-Rex is asleep only a few feet away from where the girl is dragging the package.

She lets it rip! There’s an almighty hissing sound and the dinosaur is now awake.

The dinghy expands as the T-Rex watches on.

The rubber boat stands on its side for no more than a second as it inflates fully, momentarily obscuring the dinosaur from the frame.

Girl pushes the dinghy into the water, but hang on!…

…the Tyrannosaurus Rex is gone!

In most cases, I’m happy to just keep eating my popcorn and go with the flow in order for some Hollywood trickery to work, but that was ridiculous!

And then after the view switches to the girl’s family urging her on, it quickly pans back and now the T-Rex has reappeared further down the river – and look at the bloody size of it! How can something so big vanish in the blink of an eye with only a small tree and some long grass to use as cover?

I must give the film editors some credit, as they have managed to ‘jump the shark’ and create something that is ‘so bad it’s good’ at the same time!

Despite ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ being a forgettable movie overall, this outrageous scene was easily my cinematic highlight from 2025 – and still cracks me up whenever I replay it.

Screenshots are courtesy of Universal Pictures.