THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (1997)
Featuring: Jeff Goldblum; Julianne Moore; Richard Attenborough
Director: Steven Spielberg
After the massive success of the original film at the box office, a sequel was almost inevitable. This time the script was done by David Koepp who loosely based it on Michael Crichton's 1995 novel called only The Lost World. From the original cast, only Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough return. The two 'grandchildren' (again portrayed by Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards) also appear but so briefly it is hardly worth mentioning.
In the first movie Dr Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) remarks that the reason why dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago is because man would most probably not have been able to co-exist with them. So when John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) informs him there is a second island full of these prehistoric monsters, he foresees a whole new recipe for disaster. And before long our hero again finds himself knee-deep in all sorts of trouble.
Although the story becomes a bit contrived towards the end there are enough elements left over from the original concept to keep it interesting. It is not quite as good as the first movie but still very watchable.
I therefor also give it a descent 3 out of 5 stars.
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Are these images from The Lost World: Jurassic Park reminiscent of scenes from Godzilla or what?
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