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After the events of the first movie, Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) has been telling the media all about it but since he signed a non-disclosure agreement he is summoned by InGen which is no longer run by John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) but by his nephew Peter Ludlow (Arliss Howard). Hammond puts together a team of researchers to preserve the information off the dinosaurs that live in the backup island, Isla Sorna. Nick Van Owen (Vince Vaughn), who is a well traveled documentarian, Eddie Carr, a technology expert, both in vehicles and communications. but the last member causes Malcolm to have to go as well, his girlfriend, Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore, who is always lovely). But after a couple of hours there, the other team arrives. Yet they're not here to research but to pillage.Rather than researchers this team is mostly consisted of army men and the world's second greatest predator, Roland Tembo (Pete Postlethwaite).
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| Nick Van Owens sets up his awesome equipment |
!!!!Caution, spoilers ahead!!!!
I personally don't understand the critics' beef with this movie. Then, again, I don't understand critic beef most of the time. Now let me run down the reasons why other than a couple of flaws this movie was as good as the predecessor. Eddie, one of the main characters literally sacrifices his life for a team he had just known for a couple of days. A GODDAMN HERO! Vince Vaughn's character is fantastic. He is totally out of his comfort zone and he makes a environmentalist seem like the coolest dude in the movie. Jeff Goldblum brings an eerie presence with his character. Pete Postlethwaite's character is as badass as it can be. For an action sci-fi film this is pretty smart. Kelly (Vanessa Lee Chester) -Ian Malcolm's daughter turns out to be radical, killing a raptor by hand. And "T-Rex in the city?". It brings out the stakes that the original didn't have, with the entire San Diego in the danger of getting mauled by a T-Rex. There is one brief crash scene which was just so well made I had to mention it. In one of the wrecks a giant 76 ball falls in a gas station which looks like a big cue ball which is just great. And finally when the T-Rex and its offspring are being transported to Isla Sorna, John Hammond says this amazing quote,
-"If we can only trust in nature, life will find a way."
Overall to me this movie is a 10 out of 10.
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