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The new offering from director Gareth Edwards borrows moments from “Jaws,” reaction shots from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and a “wait and see” approach from the original “Jurassic Park.”

Here, a new group of explorers are on the hunt for abandoned, mutant dinosaurs��— ones that might provide answers for a money-hungry pharmaceutical company.

They hire a mercenary of sorts (Scarlett Johansson) to lead an expedition to a site near the equator where those mutants live because the Earth’s climate has become “inhospitable” to the animals. There, they’re supposed to extract blood from three species and bring it back to the drug lords. Naturally, there’s a greasy executive making sure the journey goes as planned.

A paleontologist (Jonathan Bailey) and folks from the mercenary’s past sign on. On the way (a nod to “Jaws”) they rescue a family that has been shipwrecked after meeting up with the Mosasaurus (and, no, don’t start looking for it. The mutants are made for the film).

While trying to get that blood, Johansson, Bailey and Mahershala Ali have Indiana Jones-like close calls and nearly end up as dino-bites. The boat family, meanwhile, is off in another part of the island trying to get to safety. They have a raft of adventures and grab a mini-dinosaur they name Dolores.

Reuniting everyone, getting them to an extraction point and avoiding whatever else waits in an abandoned laboratory is where “Rebirth” looks strangely familiar. A helicopter is supposed to rescue the remaining but has its battle, too. Look closely and you’ll see product placement for Snickers (shades of “E.T.” and Reese’s Pieces).

While the three stars are great at buying into the film’s familiarity, they’re often off in their own film while the family is riding in another. That group has children (a “Jurassic” plus) and a snarky kid (played by David Iacono) who brings the film’s fun. Easily, either story strain could have been mined for more.

Johansson is game for much of this; Bailey gets some of the best stunt work. But when that evil pharmaceutical dude starts to offer ultimatums, “Jurassic World Rebirth” seems more retread. Luckily, writer David Koepp repeats history with the character.

Because there’s a “what’s next?” journey for the extractions, it’s likely a sequel is in pre-production.

What this film tells us is there’s a huge appetite for dinosaur adventure films. They don’t have to be good (or even unpredictable), they just have to be.

On that note, “Rebirth” fills the bill. But the first “Jurassic World” was more interesting, particularly since it let us see what a Jurassic Park might look like. This spends too much time stomping around a jungle we’d never want to visit.