Brilliant idea ( may contain spoilers )

Rating: 9/10 (14 February 2004)

What makes this movie good is the idea behind it - what if you could bring extinct animals ( in this case, Dinosaurs of course ) back to life using DNA? It's one of those "I wish I'd thought of that" ideas. Another thing that makes it good is it's the first Dinosaur movie ( that I know of ) to realistically portray dinosaurs ( due to exceptional visual effects ). The story revolves around, as mentioned, a rich entrepreneur using science to create a dinosaur theme park on a tropical island. He invites several 'experts' to the island to get approval at which point, due to a containment problem, the dinosaurs run loose and create havoc and terror for the humans. Again, the real value of this movie is the original idea behind it and the very good story built on the basic premise.