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Jurassic Park 2 - The Lost World
on DVD (1997)
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| Starring: |
Jeff Goldblum, Pete Postlethwaite, Julianne Moore, Richard Attenborough, Arliss Howard, Vince Vaughn, Peter Stormare, Harvey Jason, Richard Schiff |
| Director: |
Steven Spielberg |
| Studio: |
SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
123 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Collections: |
100 Big Adventures |
| User collections: |
That Spielberg feeling, Monster geddon, jackal, Sunday Killer, sequels and Prequels. the best and worst, Creature Features, An investigation into eclecticly collecting movies, Films For The Lads, Favourite kids films |
| Genres: |
Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Languages: |
English |
| Released: |
08/01/2001
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Brief synopsis of Jurassic Park 2 - The Lost World
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK is director Steven Spielberg's sequel to his original dinosaur thriller. Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) returns for more dino-horror when, four years after the disaster at the would-be amusement park, another expedition is mounted by millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough). To document the natural behavior of the beasts at a mysterious Site B, Hammond sends a team comprising Malcolm; Malcolm's girlfriend, paleontologist Dr. Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore); and a wildlife videographer (Vince Vaughn). They face adversity in the form of a less-than-scrupulous big-game hunter (Pete Postlethwaite) and, of course, the terrible lizards themselves. The film is loosely based on Michael Crichton's novel THE LOST WORLD, which was named after the 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of the same name. Spielberg proved his determination to alternate making socially conscious films with directing movies of sheer entertainment value; his prior film to THE LOST WORLD was SCHINDLER'S LIST, and he followed the dinosaur adventure with AMISTAD.
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Critics Reviews
Radio Times
There's another island full of genetically created dinosaurs in this exuberantly calculated sequel to Jurassic Park. But while the cloned package does elicit a nagging sense of déjà vu, such feelings never get in the way of the overpowering excitement and spectacular special effects, which are served up in deliciously scary dollops. With Richard Attenborough and Jeff Goldblum on hand once more to test the balance of nature off the coast of Costa Rica, director Steven Spielberg ensures his epic thrill-ride runs smoothly along well-oiled tracks. Even though the final third of the movie, where the T-Rex rampages through San Diego, seems slightly tacked on, events move at such a breakneck pace there's barely time to think about anything other than screaming in amazement.
Halliwell's Film Guide
The special effects are to be wondered at, as is the fact that the script is cloned from the oldest and most familiar elements of monster movies; this is a dinosaur about dinosaurs.
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