Sam Neill returns as the dinosaur expert scientist from the original and ends-up being duped onto the secondary "Jurassic Park" island by divorced couple William H. Macy and Tea Leoni to try and find their son who accidently got stranded there during a windsurfing vacation. Of course, this being a sequel there's lots of dinosaur mayhem as they have to try and keep alive and escape the island.

Watchably mindless sequel is just a long string of decently done dino attacks but manages to be much more fun than the second part and has some okay thrills despite the familiarity of it all.

I still love the raptors (they have the best moments here), the effects are still good amd this is entertaining thanks to feeling completely B-movie in spirit.

Throw in the fact the leads are enjoying themselves and you have this quickly paced, not overly long and enjoyable sequel.

Directed By: Joe Johnston.
Written By: Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor.

Starring: Sam Neill, Tea Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, William H. Macy.

Picture Ratio: 1:85:1 Widescreen; also available in Full Frame.

Picture Quality: Crisp looking and quite nice to look at; no flaws noticeable.

Extras: Lots of stuff to look at here. There's an effects deep commentary (if you're into effects you'll dig it), the usual "On Location" Universal making of, a featurette on the new dinosaurs in the film, a tour of the effects shop of Stan Winston, a visit to Industrial Light & Magic, "Dinosaur Turntables" which is pointless, storyboards, trailers, production notes, still galleries, bios, a behind-the-scenes featurette and finally the featurette "Montana:Finding New Dinosaurs" about real-life archelogical digging.