Good Sequel, but Lacking the Wonder of the First

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2016)

The first thing I think of when I hear "Lost World" is the Wallace Beery silent film where a dinosaur is brought to New York City. It is a Sauropod of some kind (which looks like it's made out of clay) which was not a carnivore, but no one really knew about these creatures, so they bought into it. This has the same basic premise in that it seems that it would be marketable (like in King Kong) to bring a dinosaur to the States. Unfortunately, these creatures are not lap dogs, let loose in the back yard. As is always the case in these kinds of movies, the security arrangements are totally inadequate. Eventually, San Diego becomes a breakfast buffet. Yes, there are lots of action sequences and the dinosaurs are magnificent, but it doesn't lack the storytelling that the original had. The science is not an issue; chaos theory is not an issue. This is a monster movie, much like the wonderful "Beast from 20,000 Fathoms." It's about destruction and death and devastation. So it out-Godzillas Godzilla with better buildings, but the plot's the same. Still, it's non-stop adventure.