The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park
    1997

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Jeff GoldblumIan Malcolm
    • Julianne MooreSarah Harding
    • Pete PostlethwaiteRoland Tembo
    • Arliss HowardPeter Ludlow
    • Richard AttenboroughJohn Hammond
    • Vince VaughnNick Van Owen
    • Vanessa Lee ChesterKelly Curtis Malcolm
    • Peter StormareDieter Stark
    • Harvey JasonAjay Sidhu
    • Richard SchiffEddie Carr

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Empire

      There was no way, no matter how much Spielberg flounce was imbued in this sprightly sequel, that it was going to be as good as the original. It isn't. By a long shot. But even two thirds of the way toward Jurassic Park is about a third better than your average buster of blocks.
    • 70

      Washington Post

      The story (adapted by Spielberg and David Koepp from Michael Chrichton's "Lost World") isn't much better than "Jurassic Park." And the predictability factor is high.
    • 70

      Washington Post

      For the first half-hour, the movie is pretty crummy. Even Spielberg appears bored with the script's lame setup, its quick evocation of the first movie and its wan establishment of human villains and heroes. Like any 50-year-old adolescent, he can't wait for the dinosaurs. And when he gets to them, the movie ceases to bear any relationship to conceits of narrative and becomes a sheer adrenalin spike to the brain stem.
    • 70

      Los Angeles Times

      It's not just that we've been there before but also that Steven Spielberg and his associates simply haven't been able to imagine as many flat-out scary moments this time around.
    • 70

      Dallas Observer

      The Lost World is a smoother, scarier ride than its predecessor, with twice as many dinosaurs twice as well designed eating twice as many people...But he's not particularly playful with his terrors here, and that's a disappointment coming from a filmmaker who can mix scares and laughs the way no one else ever has.
    • 60

      The New York Times

      Where the original film was a cut-and-dried Pop-Art-flavored allegory pitting scientific hubris against the unpredictable, ungovernable forces of nature, the sequel is an all-stops-pulled, edge-of-your-seat adventure film whose messages are not so neatly packaged.
    • 60

      Slate

      It would be imprecise to say that the thrill is gone, because The Lost World recovers from its turgid opening and comes to life, or does so in spasms.
    • 60

      L.A. Weekly

      Although the digital dinos look great, especially the clumsy stegosaurs, Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp have failed to absorb the single most important lesson from the movies they've looted: If your people aren't interesting, at least make your monsters memorable.

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