Well Done But Diminished Glory

Rating: 7/10 (8 October 2008)

When the Jurassic Park came out it opened a whole new world for us and captured our attention. There is no doubt about the fact independent who creates the sequel, the sequel will not be able to produce the same awe the first movie gave us. But does this movie do anything new that sets it apart? Well, it does not. It simply extrapolates the idea of its predecessor, changes the locations and gives us better idea as to how insignificant we really be in front of the giant lizards made alive in the first movie.
The central plot of this movie is that a team of hunters have brought back a dinosaur to the city and needless to say, as most people can guess, it is somehow free and is endangering the city. This movie sort of reminded me of the Godzilla concept wherein a monster of similar size is roaming free in the city terrorizing the people of the city. So, as such, there is nothing fresh in the plot or the story.
The graphics have come of age. There is no awe left. We have already seen them in action. Since this movie comes at a later time and has better technology available to exploit, it creates dinosaurs much more realistic and even more scary and believable and that is the crowning achievement of the movie. But there is nothing more this movie has to offer. No interesting story line, no interesting twists! Just plain old plot of a monster free in the city and in the end, there is always a way of saving the city only this time it is not by killing the creature but by deporting it to its home island.
There are no interesting characters or twists to watch out for but there is still plenty of action. And the action is really well done. The movie loses points for repetitive plot and lack of fresh material as far as the story is concerned but gains full points again for really well done graphics and solid action.