Plot
A decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Alan Grant to go to Isla Sorna (the second InGen dinosaur lab.), resulting in an unexpected landing...and unexpected new inhabitants on the island.
Release Year: 2001
Rating: 5.8/10 (88,939 voted)
Critic's Score: 42/100
Director:
Joe Johnston
Stars: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni
Storyline Dr. Alan Grant is now a happy man with the previous incidents of Jurassic Park now behind him. Grant is that happy that he announce in public, that nothing on Earth can persuade him back onto the islands. Maybe nothing, except Paul Kirby. Kirby and his wife, Amanda want a plane to fly them over Isla Sorna, with Dr. Grant as their guide. But not everything Kirby says is true. When the plane lands, Dr. Grant realizes that there is another reason why they are there, that he doesn't know of. Now, Dr. Grant is stuck on an island he has never been on before, with what was a plane journey now turned into a search party.
Writers: Michael Crichton, Peter Buchman
Cast: Sam Neill
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Dr. Alan Grant
William H. Macy
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Paul Kirby
Téa Leoni
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Amanda Kirby
Alessandro Nivola
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Billy Brennan
Trevor Morgan
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Erik Kirby
Michael Jeter
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Mr. Udesky
John Diehl
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Cooper
Bruce A. Young
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M.B. Nash
Laura Dern
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Dr. Ellie Sattler
Taylor Nichols
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Mark Degler
Mark Harelik
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Ben Hildebrand
Julio Oscar Mechoso
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Enrique Cardoso
Blake Michael Bryan
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Charlie
(as Blake Bryan)
Sarah Danielle Madison
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Cheryl Logan
Linda Park
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Hannah
Filming Locations: El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $93,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $50,771,645
(USA)
(22 July 2001)
(3434 Screens)
Gross: $365,900,000
(Worldwide)
(2001)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Dr. Grant's brown truck with the Museum of the Rockies and Montanta State University logos on it is actually based on the vehicle that belongs to Dr. Jack Horner, paleontologist consultant on the Jurassic Park films as well as the man that the character of Grant is based on. It was a difficult and time consuming process to find an exact match of Dr. Horner's truck to be used in the movie.
Goofs:
Continuity:
The blood on the windshield of the plane disappears as the plane is crashing.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Enrique Cardoso:
Here you go, my friend. Ben Hildebrand:
Make sure you get as close as you can! I'll give you something extra if you make it a good trip! Enrique Cardoso:
Hey, I'm gonna get you close, my friend, but not too close, eh. You don't want to be eaten.
User Review
Much Better Than Its Reputation; Short & Fun
Rating: 8/10
First of all, this final episode in the Jurassic series did not deserve
all the bad reviews it got when it was released. In fact, it was a lot
more enjoyable than the stupid second JP. Did it equal the first? No,
of course not. The original story was easily the best of the three, but
I found this an enjoyable movie and far better than what I had been led
to believe.
The filmmakers were smart in making this a short film. People had seen
plenty of the dinosaurs by now so let's no overdo it...and they didn't
with an film just under an hour-and-a-half (not including the final
credits.).
That made this short-and-sweet. We saw some new reptiles, had a few
scares, enjoyed the beautiful jungle scenery (filmed in Hawaii) and -
bang - it's over. The characters were fine, nobody totally annoying as
in the second film. The lulls featured a family getting back together
and finding their missing teen. Nothing wrong with that.
A good story unfairly maligned and nice, short evening of
entertainment.
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