1997 - THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK

I'm sure Universal Studios tossed a whole lot of money at Steve Spielberg to get him to film this sequel.  He probably never had a choice other than saying yes.

The whole gang is back, Spielberg, the writer David Koepp, John Williams, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough and the computer generated dinosaurs.

As the famous movie reviewer Joe Bob Briggs liked to say "if you are going to make a sequel make a sequel, make the exact same movie as the first one."

For a summer popcorn flick a lot of people sure get eaten by dinosaurs, human life is very cheap in this movie.  This contrasts amusingly with the deliberate portrayal by Spielberg to make the dinosaurs lovable.

Towards the end of The Lost World: Jurassic Park one of these computer dinosaurs runs amok in San Diego.  This is where Spielberg's real heart lies, paying tribute to hack Godzilla director Ishiro Honda.

It's easy to hate this film since it's basically crap, but the reality was they were going to make a sequel to Jurassic Park one way or another.

129 minutes.