Far From Compelling Compared To Jurassic Park

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2016)

After the success of the film Jurassic Park,the late Michael Crichton was asked to write a sequel novel by both fans and director Steven Spielberg.This resulted in the book entitled The Lost World and a film adaptation by Spielberg entitled The Lost World: Jurassic Park,which was loosely based on the said novel.It stars Jeff Goldblum,Julianne Moore,Pete Postlethwaite,Arliss Howard,Vince Vaughn and Vanessa Lee Chester.
The story of the film was set four years later after the events of Jurassic Park at a fictional deserted island called Isla Sorna that hovers around Central America particularly Costa Rica.In it are cloned dinosaurs that were produced by InGen.The company's owner John Hammond's nephew took control of the said ecosystem and he is planning to take the dinosaurs to the mainland. Learning about it,Hammond sends Dr. Ian Malcolm and his group to not allow it to happen before his nephew arrives.The story focuses on how both groups - Malcolm's group and Hammond's nephew's group - try to confront each other to pursue their objectives but ultimately team up to survive against the cloned dinosaurs amidst the extreme danger facing them.
With regards to the visuals and special effects,this definitely is better as compared to the first film due to the use of Computer- generated Imagery or CGI.Too bad that it focused more on the action scenes and violence that the cloned dinosaurs caused rather than the characters involved.It also hurt that only Jeff Goldblum is the only one returning from the previous cast.Added to that,it suffered from being a sequel wherein viewers were expecting at least the same compelling entertainment it got from the first film.Too bad that The Lost Park did not deliver in that area.But it was good enough to please many viewers if expectations aren't higher compared to the first film.