The Lost World - Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
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Actor: Camilla Belle, Ian Abercrombie, Richard Attenborough, Thomas F. Duffy, Vanessa Lee ChesterPrimary Contributor: Jeff Goldblum
Primary Contributor: Julianne Moore
Primary Contributor: Pete Postlethwaite
Primary Contributor: Vaughn, Vince
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), DTS 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 129 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-10-10
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Lost World - Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Easily the Trilogies Worst Installment
Summary: 2 Stars
*Spoiler Alert - Some plot details are included in this review*
The transition from popular novel to Hollywood film often results in a misshapen mess, and that is certainly the case with this disastrous sequel to the fantastic Jurassic Park.
The Lost World is simply a stupid film. I won't belabor the misspent opportunities to include good sequences from the book because I know that what works well on paper doesn't always work as well on the big screen. Still, the sheer lameness of the screenplay, the horrendous 'Hollywoodification' of the basic characters and plot, is beyond belief.
The first 2/3's of the film deal with the capture of the T.Rex, which requires an entire army of what must be, quite frankly, mentally challenged mercenaries. Most of these are casually swallowed by various 'meat-a-sauruses', grenades and all. The only scene that comes close to the kind of tension from Jurassic Park is one drawn directly from the Lost World Novel.
For the grand finale, the filmmakers had the audacity to have the T.Rex run around Los Angeles, eating dogs and attacking buses! 'How did the T.Rex manage to escape in the first place?', you might ask. Why, by eating the captain and crew of the ship it was being transported on, causing said ship to crash at full speed into the dock. The preposterous notion of a T.Rex eating its way through a ships crew while out at sea is only topped by the scene showing that the captain's disembodied hands are still gripping the steering wheel. Not only that, but T.Rex apparently had the good manners to lock itself back in the hold after devouring the crew! How considerate.
Ian Malcom (Goldblum) returns to star in the sequel. Julianne Moore and Vince Vaughn join the cast and Dr.Hammond (Attenborough) and the kids make a brief appearance. Everyone else is entirely disposable.
For fans of this movie, I don't really get it, but preferences differ and I'm glad at least a few people got their money's worth. For those who haven't seen this sequel, purchase with caution. I recommend Jurassic Park III, which comes much closer to the original than this disappointing attempt.
Summary of The Lost World - Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
In the low tradition of knockoff horror flicks best seen (or not seen) on a drive-in movie screen, Steven Spielberg's sequel to Jurassic Park is a poorly conceived, ill-organized film that lacks story and logic. Screenwriter David Koepp strings along a number of loose ideas while Jeff Goldblum returns as Ian Malcolm, the quirky chaos theoretician who now reluctantly agrees to go to another island where cloned dinosaurs are roaming freely. Along with his girlfriend (Julianne Moore) and daughter, Malcolm has to deal with hunters, environmentalists, and corporate swine who stupidly bring back a big dino to Southern California, where it runs amok, of course. Spielberg doesn't seem to care that the pieces of this project don't add up to a real movie, so he hams it up with big, scary moments (with none of the artfulness of those in Jurassic Park) and smart-aleck visual gags (a yapping dog in a suburb mysteriously disappears when a hungry T-rex stomps by). A complete bust. --Tom KeoghAction & Adventure DVD Video
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