The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997

PG-13

2h 9m

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6.6/10

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Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

Directors

Steven Spielberg

Writers

David Koepp(screenplay by)

Michael Crichton(novel by)

Stars

Jeff Goldblum

Julianne Moore

Pete Postlethwaite

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Ian Malcolm

Sarah Harding

Roland Tembo

Peter Ludlow

John Hammond

Nick Van Owen

Kelly Curtis

Dieter Stark

Ajay Sidhu

Eddie Carr

Dr. Robert Burke

Tim

Lex

Carter

Cathy Bowman

Mrs. Bowman

Mr. Bowman

Curious Man

Directors

Steven Spielberg

Writers

David Koepp(screenplay by)

Michael Crichton(novel by)

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6/10

There's a lovely quote from the late Lord Attenborough at the end of this film along the lines of "...creatures don't need our help to survive, they need our absence". Never a truer word, but sadly it doesn't really enliven this merchandising booster of a film. The aforementioned gent, "Hammond" has had control of his company wrested away from him and informs chaotician "Malcolm" (Jeff Goldblum) that there's a B-site full of the beasties from the first film and his new board are determined to monetise them all. He has to get there first, and so armed with his sarcastic wit and the savvy Quatermain-esque "Tembo" (Pete Postlethwaite) off he goes. Of course, it being a Spielberg movie, there has to be an annoying child and in this case that's the stowaway "Kelly" (Vanessa Chester) and to complete our line up of charm-free misfits we have Vince Vaughn's "Nick" and Julianne Moore's "Sarah". Thereafter we embark on an whole load of set-piece snatched from the jaws (literally) of death time and time again type scenarios from the real stars of the show, only they have lost the wow factor of their 1993 outing and so now look like pale imitations or something from Ray Harryhausen's reject pile. The story is all too hysterically predictable as it turns out that the venal and the scientific end up going head to head with each other, and the ravenous dinosaurs, before a denouement that is entirely fitting but about ninety minutes later than I wanted it to be. Postlethwaite is the only one here who has anything like a character, in many ways akin to Bob Peck's first time round and there are some astonishingly creative visuals, but this is a sequel that nobody is going to look back upon very fondly.

Geronimo196723 Jan, 2025