Jurassic Park 3

December 11, 2004

Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 92 min Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

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Jurassic Park III isn’t anywhere near as good a movie as the original Jurassic Park and it certainly won’t win any awards, but it’s really not that bad of a movie when you come at it from the right perspective. At barely over 90 minutes in length this is an action movie that doesn’t take many breathers and as such doesn’t give you much time to think about how ridiculous the storyline actually is.

Dr. Grant (Sam Neill) is convinced to accompany the Kirby’s (Willam Macy and Tea Leoni) to Site B on a low flying tour. Unfortunately, they land. Turns out the tour was just a rouse to get Dr. Grant to help them find their missing son. OK, at this point you really need to run off your brain to enjoy the movie. Can you imagine a 14-yr old kid surviving alone on an island full of Raptors? OK, perhaps, assuming he stayed locked up in a building somewhere with a fully stocked snack machine. But that’s not the case, apparently he explored most of the island and actually collected some T-Rex urnine to scare off the smaller dinos. Yeah, right.

Plausibilty aside (and keep in mind this is a movie with live dinosaurs in it) the story moves along at a pretty good pace, and the dinos look fantastic as usual. Keep the reality-o-meter turned off and just enjoy the ride.

Posted by John | Filed Under 3 Stars, Action, Alessandro Nivola, DVD, Michael Jeter, PG-13, Sam Neill, Tea Leoni, William H. Macy