All spectacle no substance, watch this for the CGI or not at all

Rating: 3/10 (13 June 2015)

With the exception of the CGI action sequences (which I'll admit were pretty great), there were failings across the board here. From the paper thin 'plot' (pretty much a rehash of the original movie, although the morality part has been diluted to the point of irrelevance) to the total lack of suspense, and thoroughly wooden acting to boot, this looked like a bad B movie that the studio decided to throw money at because of its name alone. It was almost like a parody of the original, but without any of the charm or intelligence. You can pretty much see the point just over half way through where the director threw in the towel and stopped caring whether there was any internal logical consistency, from that point on the characters seemingly teleport around the island in order to justify the various action scenes.
I'll admit I had fallen for the hype a bit and was expecting something at least on par with The Lost World (which is underrated IMHO), but with the exception of my friend's 11 year old every one of us who went to see this came away disappointed.