The Lost World: Jurassic Park

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park

PG-13

1997

2h 14m

Adventure

Action

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Four years after "Jurassic Park," mathematician Ian Malcolm ventures onto a second island to save his girlfriend from becoming dinosaur bait.

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Critics Consensus

The Lost World demonstrates how far CG effects have come in the four years since Jurassic Park; unfortunately, it also proves how difficult it can be to put together a truly compelling sequel.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Jun 30, 2025

5/5

Like the original, the sequel is uneven, sometimes moving in fits and starts. But the new film never really loses its momentum, and its big set pieces deliver.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

Jun 30, 2025

3/4

There's not much story or character development here, but you don't need that when you've got dynamite dinosaurs of all stripes and appetites.

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Jay Carr

Boston Globe

Jun 30, 2025

It's sheer claptrap, but it's lively claptrap, with Spielberg skillfully reaching into his bag of shameless tricks to reinvent the chase movie and the cliffhanger.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Aug 19, 2026

2/5

Arguably the meanest film Steven Spielberg has ever made, this would work if it weren’t also just so smugly disinterested or if it had a point to make rather than meandering through middling themes and second-tier setpieces.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Me gusta el cine

Jul 20, 2026

4/5

It deals with the consequences of the first film's events and is not afraid to work as an occasionally bloody and frequently tense thriller rather than as a fantasy adventure for all ages. [Full review in Spanish].

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Todd Lothery

News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

Jun 30, 2025

1.5/4

Visually and thematically darker than its precursor, The Lost World is canned entertainment. It lacks the wonder of the first film, perhaps an inevitability. What's more of a letdown is that it lacks the first one's heart.

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lucas V

@RT24200968 Oct 20, 2026

Worse than the last movie, but still a great movie. There is just a lot of scenes where they're not on the island.

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Jacob N

@RT90164981 Oct 12, 2026

While not a perfect sequel, it lives up to the original really well and I love the action sequences.

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Gerox M

@RT19784297 Sep 24, 2026

this is just bad, not anything like the first one

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Lucas S

@JuliusCaesar1 Sep 22, 2026

Definitely not as good as its predecessor, but it has a good premise, amazing execution, and Eddie’s death is still brutal to this day, and the CGI, much like its predecessor, still is incredibly well done, even for its time. 9/10

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Jaime B

@Jimmy393 Sep 19, 2026

Not bad but not good

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 16, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Synopsis

Four years after "Jurassic Park," mathematician Ian Malcolm ventures onto a second island to save his girlfriend from becoming dinosaur bait.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Gerald R. Molen, Colin Wilson
Screenwriter: Michael Crichton, David Koepp
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Violence|Intense Sci-Fi Terror)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 23, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 22, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $229.1M
Runtime: 2h 14m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, DTS, DTS-ES, Surround, Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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