Doesn't live up to the original, though still very entertaining - and hey, Pete Postlethwaite is in it!

Rating: Null/10 (25 July 2003)

"The Lost World: Jurassic Park" is the sequel to "Jurassic Park", and is about Ian Malcolm's (Jeff Goldblum) journey to Isla Nublar - or 'Site B' - a tropical island where the hungry dinos run free. Helping Malcolm are his girlfriend Sarah (Julianne Moore), photographer Nick Van Owen (Vince Vaughn), technician Eddie Carr (Richard Schiff) and Malcolm's daughter Kelly (Vanessa Lee Chester).
The actors - most notably Moore and Schiff - play their parts pretty well. Goldblum doesn't capture the same hilarious, eccentric shtick that helped him in the first one, but he still manages to be comical now and then. Chester and Vaughn are probably the worst performances in the movie, but I didn't expect much from them anyay.
My favorite part of "The Lost World" would be Pete Postlethwaite's role as Roland Tempo, a domineering hunter who is leading the opposing group of researchers into the island. The role is basically a regurgitation of Bob Peck's from the original (British guy with soft voice and rifle), but is still very fun.
The action sequences are well done of course - being Speilberg - but from such a wonderful book one would expect more. Still, from when the raptors are pulling hunters one-by-one under the tall grass (in a very memorable scene) to when the T - Rex is tearing appart Malcolm's trailer, the action scenes will keep you at the edge of your seat.
"The Lost World: Jurassic Park" isn't exactly a worthy sequel, but still a fun one, 7.5/10.