A Deserving Successor to Jurrassic Park

Rating: 8/10 (31 May 2014)

The Jurassic Park Trilogy is one example of a franchise that works. The Lost World is a worthy sequel to the original. Unlike with the Star Wars Prequel series Jurassic Park is a movie that can produce good TV. A combination of good acting and the realism of the Dinosaurs make it a good watch.
The movie is not without faults. The scene when the T-Rex arrives in San Diego is an error in editing as is the villain of the story who is lame and non sensible in his behaviours. Going into the cargo hold to see the baby T-Rex was bad story writing. The other issues concern the lack of fleshing out the tertiary characters and not showing how the T-Rex was taken down which is what I would have liked to see.
Omitting those faults the story is still great. An adventure on an Island full of terrifying Lizards. Hunters coming to snatch a T-Rex and bring it back to San Diego for amusement. The references to Cadillac & Dinosaurs is really neat. Also the story touches on the themes of Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island. Obviously the idea of a Dinosaur running around San Diego was original.
All in all a good prequel to the original.