A very good action flick with some minor flaws

Rating: 8/10 (22 June 1999)

The Lost World is a respectable follow-up to JP. It follows most of the rules for a successful sequel, i.e. more action, more dinos, etc. The sequel could not possibly capture the awe of the original so they correctly flooded us with dazzling effects. Sure the storyline is weak, but there was not much more they could have done as far as the overall plot line. The worst part of this movie is clearly the presence of Malcolm's annoying daughter. Forget that a movie about genetically engineered dinosaurs fails to account for the racial discrepancy between father and daughter, whenever the Kelly character is on screen bad things happen, culminating with her gymnastic routine where her 80 lb body drives a 600 lb velociraptor out the window like a cannon. Nevertheless, good performances by V. Vaughn, J. Moore, and P. Postlewaite plus those dazzling dinos save the day.