The Lost World:
Jurassic Park II is a sequel
to Jurassic Park, which is based on a Michael Crichton book of the same
name (The Lost World: Jurassic Park II).
This sequel is not as
good as the first and also not as exciting. The whole dinosaur-in-the-city
(Godzilla kind), saving-your-love-from-an-expedition-that-could-be-her-last
thing was kind of a bore. But like the first, the sequel doesn’t fail to fill
you up with new knowledge about speculated dinosaur behaviors.
This science fiction
adventure film was directed by Steven Spielberg and prompted the first time
Crichton wrote a sequel to a book. The movie was made darker than the first and
was also a box office success, grossing $618 million worldwide. Still, it was
not a critical success, mostly because fans had to wait 4 years to see this.
Though it had excellent CGI, the story wasn’t as thrilling as the first, and
the cast wasn’t as engaging.
The movie plot didn’t
have Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) or Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) at all. Even
the park genius John Hammond and his grandchildren Lex and Tim only appeared
briefly at the beginning.
The movie focuses on
Jeff Goldblum, who played Dr. Ian Malcolm, the chaos theorist.
The film picks up four
years after the events of Jurassic Park, and Dr. Ian has gone everywhere
telling anyone who cares to listen about what he faced in the park. John
Hammond (Richard Attenborough), who had lost control of InGen to his nephew
Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard), invited Malcolm to his home to ask him to escort
a team to a place called Site B.
John explained to
Malcolm that the island of Isla Sorna, also known as "Site B", is
where the dinosaurs were initially engineered and nurtured for a few months
before being moved to the main park.
He further explained
that after the Jurassic Park incident, a hurricane destroyed the containment
facilities on Isla Sorna, and the dinosaurs have been living free in the wild
ever since. They have found a way to survive.
Malcolm initially
refuses, thinking back on the events and his near-death experience from four
years ago, but agrees after learning that his girlfriend, paleontologist Sarah
Harding (Julianne Moore), is part of the team and is already on the island.
So we’re back with the
dinosaurs again, with only Malcolm having an idea of what they’re capable of.
There were scenes in
the movie where the camera angles were well positioned, but the screenplay
lacked thrills.
Other than not being a great sequel, many elements from the original Jurassic Park novel that were not in the first film were used here.
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