Just
when you'd think that scientists would realize dinosaurs and humans don't
mix, along comes The Lost World: Jurassic Park to prove you wrong. In this
sequel, John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) summons chaos theorist and
onetime colleague Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to his home with some
startling information — while nearly everything at his Jurassic Park had
been destroyed, engineers were also operating a second site, where other
dinosaurs, resurrected through DNA cloning technology, had been kept in
hiding. Hammond has learned the dinosaurs on the second island are alive and
well and even breeding; Hammond wants Malcolm to observe and document the
reptiles before Hammond's financiers can get to them. Malcolm declares he
had enough of the dinosaurs the first time out, but decides to make the trip
when he finds out that his girlfriend, paleontologist Sarah Harding
(Julianne Moore), is already there. However, Ian and Sarah aren't the only
visitors expected on the island; a camera crew led by ecological activist
Nick Van Owen (Vince Vaughn) is on the way, as is Roland Tembo (Pete
Postlethwaite), a world-class wild game hunter who is supposed to round up
the dinosaurs and who hopes to bag a prehistoric trophy for himself in the
process. This sequel to Jurassic Park boasted even more impressive special
effects than the first film, though the acting and screenplay aren't always
at the same level. | Jeff Goldblum | Ian Malcolm |
| Julianne Moore | Sarah Harding |
| Pete Postlethwaite | Roland Tembo |
| Vince Vaughn | Nick Van Owen |
| Richard Attenborough | John Hammond |
| Ariana Richards | Lex |
| Peter Stormare | Dieter Stark |
| David St. James | Screamer |
| Richard Schiff | Eddie Carr |
| Thomas F. Duffy | Robert Burke |
| Arliss Howard | Peter Ludlow |
| Vanessa Lee Chester | Kelly Curtis |
| Harvey Jason | Ajay Sidhu |
| Joseph Mazzello | Tim |
Genre/Type - Science Fiction, Prehistoric Fantasy, Sci-Fi Action
Produced by - Amblin Entertainment / Universal
Running time - 134 min.
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is followed by: Jurassic Park III (2001, Joe Johnston)
is preceded by: Jurassic Park (1993, Steven Spielberg)