A very good follow up.

Rating: 7/10 (9 June 2006)

4 years after the events of Jurassic Park, John Hammond calls on Ian Malcolm and asks if he'd like to visit Jurassic Park Site B, an island without fences or boundaries where the dinosaurs were bred. Hammond wants to send Malcolm and three others to see how the dinosaurs are surviving. Ian initially refuses, but when he finds out that his scientist girlfriend is already on the island, he decides to go on a rescue mission. Upon arrival, the team discovers that Hammond's nephew has sent in another team to capture the dinosaurs for another attraction...This time in San Diego. The Lost World: Jurassic Park features more dinosaurs, more action, and the lack of boundaries gives it a more natural feel, making for a really exciting action film.
One of my pet peeves is when a director doesn't want to do a sequel for his own movie. Luckily, Steven Spielberg knew this movie would be good and stayed on. His perfect style of direction is ever present making the style of the movie just as fitting as the first time around. I personally think the plot of this movie is better than the first. I like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World for the same reason. I like a plot that involves dinosaurs running free on an island. It allows for better and more open action scenes. The Velociraptors are far more terrifying than in the first film, and the addition of another T-Rex is genius. All of the new dinosaurs in this film are perfectly done. Quite honestly, The Lost World: Jurassic Park is just as good as the first in all ways but one...The acting.
Jeff Goldblum was never a favourite actor of mine, but I thought he was okay in Jurassic Park. In this movie, he's back to the way I know him. He talks in that stupid voice all the time that he's been stereotyped with, and he is so wooden that it makes the giant trees surrounding him look like better actors. Vince Vaughn plays the same character he always does, the wise cracker with a funny voice. I'd have to say the best acting job in the film is done by Pete Postlethwaite, who plays a hunter intent on bagging a T-Rex.
Overall, The Lost World: Jurassic Park is just as good as it's predecessor, but the acting is a little off.
7.5/10