Jurassic Park 3 (DVD)

Directed by - Joe Johnston Starring - Sam Neill, Téa Leoni, William H. Macy, Alessandro Nivola, Laura Dern, Trevor Morgan Length - 92 minutes Cert - PG I remember when Jurassic Park was released way back in 1993. But then again, who doesn't remember? It was one hell of an event movie that everyone was talking about. It was on the TV, the radio in the newspapers, it was everywhere. The film made everyone go crazy about dinosaurs and everyone wanted to cash in on the hype. TV channels even started showing dinosaur documentaries. It wasn’t just in the media as free dinosaur cards were being given away with tea bags! It was insane! ...  Read the complete review

The latest in the seemingly never ending production line of big budget action movies is Jurassic Park, and like most of the others going round at the minute, it isn’t terrible, but it isn’t great either. I didn’t see the second release in the Trilogy, and it’s nowhere near as good as the first one in the series, but if you’re prepared to disengage you brain for an hour and a half, you’ll probably enjoy it, but it’s not the kind of film to watch over and over. If you haven’t seen either of the two previous films, that won’t hold you back as all as they are referred to in only the slightest passing, indeed, it seems to ...  Read the complete review

The Film By now you know the score. Improbable opening plot gambit - this time involving dodgy parasending over dinopolis itself Isla Sorna (that's where the second dodgy dino lab lurks for those still keeping count) - results in cute moppet (Trevor Morgan as Eric) being stranded alone and having to be rescued. Curiously enough, he seems to be coping marvellously in the staying-alive stakes until his estranged mom and pop (Tea Leoni and William H Macy) con Sam Neill's Dr Alan Grant into returning to the island to search for their son. Once the adults arrive, all hell breaks loose and they face a race to try to get off the island. Basically, an ...  Read the complete review

OK, stop me if you've heard this one before; a bunch of people go out to the islands off Costa Rica where a genetic engineering company have been experimenting with dinosaur DNA and have made a bunch of dinosaurs. Some of the people get eaten, some of them don't. Really, you haven't seen this before. Well, you're in for a treat, there's this movie called 'Jurassic Park III', and you'll probably really enjoy it. Yes, this second sequel is remarkably similar to the previous two, they really aren't trying to ring too many changes with the formula. It's a jungle, there's no way of contacting the outside, and the critters ...  Read the complete review

There comes a time with all film series where it’s quite clear they are flogging a dead horse. In this case it’s actually a dead Dinosaur, with the third instalment of Jurassic Park. In fact the second one was almost a step too far and I couldn’t help wishing they’d left it at just one. The problem being that once a studio gets a sniff of a revenue making idea, they pounce on it. At least this time Steven Spielberg declined to direct it and took on an executive producers role instead. That said it is a better movie than the second one, but in all honesty that isn’t a great achievement. When a holiday adventure trip goes wrong a young boy and his father are ...  Read the complete review