Can We Say "King Kong" Remix?

Rating: Null/10 (18 October 2000)

"Jurassic Park: The Lost World" could have topped the first movie, but is plagued by poor direction and a number of plot irregularities. The action is at best inconsistent, slow at times, too accelerated at others - at points it seems as if characters are killed off needlessly simply because the directors couldn't think of ways to utilize them better. The entire movie feels like a parody of the original Jurassic Park, not to mention it has strange undertones of "King Kong" laced into the storyline. It doesn't seem to mesh well with the first film, taking quite a few liberties with both the characters and story. If you're going to alter the storyline and change some of the original designs, you might as well use it for the better (i.e., to improve the action and drama). Instead "The Lost World" comes across as a total flop. Best avoided if you liked the original "Jurassic Park."