When a young boy goes missing on one of the islands of Jurassic Park, his parents hire some mercenaries and kidnap Dr Alan Grant to help get him back.
I remember liking this film as a kid and I dare say it was probably my favourite for a while but as I got older I started to see its flaws. The overall story is about retrieving a kid trapped on an island but the story of how said kid got on the island is silly, and so is the recovery mission come to think of it. The characters are nowhere as interesting as the previous films, which is sad given the decent cast, and the action feels a bit hollow at times. The dinosaurs also don't look AS good as previous films, as the CGI is starting to look dated and the animatronic dinosaurs appear too stiff on occasion. Its not horrible by any means but by comparison alone, ots not as good as the previous films. What does work well however is the humour, it's sprinkled spairngly throughout and every so often I had a chuckle (especially at the candy bar machine "anybody have change?"). And even though I just complained about the CGI bringing the dinosaurs to life, the Spinosaurus (who replaces the Tyrannosaurus Rex as the new big bad), is a cool looking creature and I quite enjoyed any scene it was in, particularly the showdown with the T-rex. The pterosaurs were also surprisingly scary! There was nothing super memorable when it comes to the overall story but there are some really fun action scenes. By comparison alone, this is easily the weakest Jurassic Park film but in saying that, it's not horrible by any means.
Final Verdict: The film has moments of fun, some decent jump scares but also outright stupidity and it is a bit predictable. The dinosaurs still look pretty good though and Sam Neil returning helps raise the material above average. All that said, it's a surprisingly solid popcorn flick.
I remember liking this film as a kid and I dare say it was probably my favourite for a while but as I got older I started to see its flaws. The overall story is about retrieving a kid trapped on an island but the story of how said kid got on the island is silly, and so is the recovery mission come to think of it. The characters are nowhere as interesting as the previous films, which is sad given the decent cast, and the action feels a bit hollow at times. The dinosaurs also don't look AS good as previous films, as the CGI is starting to look dated and the animatronic dinosaurs appear too stiff on occasion. Its not horrible by any means but by comparison alone, ots not as good as the previous films. What does work well however is the humour, it's sprinkled spairngly throughout and every so often I had a chuckle (especially at the candy bar machine "anybody have change?"). And even though I just complained about the CGI bringing the dinosaurs to life, the Spinosaurus (who replaces the Tyrannosaurus Rex as the new big bad), is a cool looking creature and I quite enjoyed any scene it was in, particularly the showdown with the T-rex. The pterosaurs were also surprisingly scary! There was nothing super memorable when it comes to the overall story but there are some really fun action scenes. By comparison alone, this is easily the weakest Jurassic Park film but in saying that, it's not horrible by any means.
Final Verdict: The film has moments of fun, some decent jump scares but also outright stupidity and it is a bit predictable. The dinosaurs still look pretty good though and Sam Neil returning helps raise the material above average. All that said, it's a surprisingly solid popcorn flick.