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The Lost World

  • 19921992
  • 1h 39m
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5.3/10
1.2K
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The Lost World (1992)
AdventureFantasySci-Fi
Two rivaling professors - a journalist, a young wealthy woman and a teenage boy - travel through Africa in search of "The Lost World", a place where dinosaurs still roam.Two rivaling professors - a journalist, a young wealthy woman and a teenage boy - travel through Africa in search of "The Lost World", a place where dinosaurs still roam.Two rivaling professors - a journalist, a young wealthy woman and a teenage boy - travel through Africa in search of "The Lost World", a place where dinosaurs still roam.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
    • Timothy Bond
    • Arthur Conan Doyle(novel "The Lost World")
    • Tim Kirk(additional dialogue)
    • Harry Alan Towers(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • John Rhys-Davies
    • David Warner
    • Eric McCormack
    • Timothy Bond
    • Arthur Conan Doyle(novel "The Lost World")
    • Tim Kirk(additional dialogue)
    • Harry Alan Towers(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • John Rhys-Davies
    • David Warner
    • Eric McCormack
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    • 19User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    The Lost World (1992)
    John Rhys-Davies in The Lost World (1992)
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    David Warner in The Lost World (1992)
    Tamara Gorski in The Lost World (1992)
    Eric McCormack in The Lost World (1992)
    Tamara Gorski in The Lost World (1992)
    Eric McCormack and John Rhys-Davies in The Lost World (1992)
    Eric McCormack and Darren Peter Mercer in The Lost World (1992)
    David Warner and John Rhys-Davies in The Lost World (1992)
    David Warner and John Rhys-Davies in The Lost World (1992)
    David Warner and John Rhys-Davies in The Lost World (1992)

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    • Challenger
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      • Arthur Conan Doyle(novel "The Lost World")
      • Tim Kirk(additional dialogue)
      • Harry Alan Towers(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Tamara Gorski's debut.
    • Goofs
      It should be pointed out however that some of the goofs (the mixture of creatures from different eras, the professor turning up at exactly 12.00 in the amazon) are taken direct from the original novel.
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    5/10
    the cast seems enthusiastic, but I don't believe the screenwriter was in this low-key adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic
    When you look at the multiple screen adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's hit science-fiction novel "The Lost World," (I have seen six) there is rarely one where you don't see at least something that you don't like, even if you don't care for the movie entire. That is the case for me with the low-budget, low-key adaptation done in 1992. Looking at this movie, I admire the spirit and the enthusiasm of the cast and the casting choices. I also admire the enthusiasm that one gets from its director, Timothy Bond as he makes the best out of what he has in terms of budget and screenplay. Well, the former can be dealt with in limitations, however a lack of enthusiasm in the latter, which is more controllable, tends to be crippling. I just don't sense that the movie's writer was having particular fun when he wrote this. The movie is really lacking in connections not only between characters, but in plot elements as well and also the timing, though packed with sporadic moments, is really just as stiff and plodding as the rubber dinosaurs in the back-lot jungle.

    The movie does sport a very strong cast. Over the years and adaptations, Conan Doyle's iconic character of Professor Challenger has been played by the best, including Wallace Beery, Claude Rains, and Bob Hoskins. Here, a very well-cast John Rhys-Davies takes a very aggressive and determined note in the character and does it very, very well. Rhys-Davies, an enormously underrated actor, has appeared in a lot of low-key stuff as of late, and this is one of his more enthusiastic performances. The movie also features David Warner, who handles his contrarian lines well enough to keep the character from being annoying. Eric McCormack is also enthusiastic and very good as the reporter, Nathania Stanford is good as the jungle girl with a heart, and I really liked the gorgeous Tamara Gorski as one of McCormack's love interests, characters that are *always* added to the film adaptations. Oh, and there's also a tag-along kid played by Darren Peter Mercer, but this is a weaker point. It's not that I don't like the young actor's performance really, it's just that I don't like the whiny character.

    The ultimate weakness of the movie is the lack of enthusiasm in its screenplay. There are some fine moments and many more than fine ideas that are presented, such as a tribe of native people who wear skeleton-like war paint as they sacrifice captives to a tyrannosaurus, but these ideas are rushed and thrown out the window without giving them their own due. Another weakness is the fact that too many characters were crammed into the story. A notable character from the book is missing and replaced with a second romantic interest for the reporter when one was clearly enough. This love triangle also never really plays itself out to its rightful potential. But really the most interesting element in the movie is the relationship between McCormack and *one* of his love interests. It's well-written, charming, and yet does not overplay itself to the point where it becomes sappy.

    I like the cast of the movie, I like the relationship between Eric McCormack and Tamara Gorski, and I like some individual moments, but ultimately this version of "The Lost World" is really just a plodding bore as it just moves from one point to another without any intelligence or real sense of motivation. There's nothing really terrible about it, but it is quite disappointing. How does it compare to some of the other adaptations that I've seen. I guess I liked it a little more than the 1960 version, but it pales when compared to the 1925 silent classic and especially so with the marvelous, involving 2001 masterpiece directed by Stuart Orme.
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      • February 9, 1992 (Canada)
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