Fast & furious equal sequel to the franchise

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2003)

THE LOST WORLD - JURASSIC PARK (1997) ***1/2 Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn, Arliss Howard, Sir Richard Attenborough, Peter Stormare, Richard Schiff, Vanessa Lee Chester, Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards (cameos). Blockbuster sequel to the most successful film in film history with more of the same at a truly ferocious and breakneck speed: Goldblum returns as sardonic "chaos theory" mathmetician Ian Malcolm facing even more dangerous dinos at an adjacent island site of the previous flick facing a big game hunter (Postlethwaite) hired by bad guy Eurotrash Howard (nephew to Attenborough's John Hammond) who wants the large lizards stateside in another theme park (!) Outrageous special effects by whiz kids Stan Winston, Dennis Muren and Michael Lantieri that perfectly blends computer generated/large scale animatronic monsters with human prey adds dimension tenfold here with some truly hair raising moments. Highlights: Tag team T-Rex attack on a trailer set and the film's climax in San Diego that conjures up moments of "Gorgo", "The Beast From 20, 000 Fathoms" and "King Kong". Phew! Based loosely on Michael Crichton's unnecessary sequel "The Lost World" adapted by David Koepp (who has a cameo as the appropriately titled "Unlucky Bastard" during the stateside rampage!) Directed with devilish verve by wunderkind Steven Spielberg.