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JURASSIC PARK III IS FINALLY HERE. ITS A MOVIE ABOUT DINOSAURS ON AN ISLAND AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO STAY ALIVE AND NOT BE EATEN BY DINOSAURS.

HERE IS THE SUMMARY FROM IMDB

Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr. Alan Grant is happy with his life far from any dinosaurs other than fossilized. Unfortunately, he is extremely short in research money, and therefore accepts the offer of wealthy businessman Paul Kirby: A low flight over isolated Isla Sorna, where InGen's second research site was located, and Dr. Grant can fund his future research for a long time. What Dr. Grant didn't know is that Kirby just needs a dinosaur expert to help him and his wife find their 14-year-old son Eric, who crashed on the island while paragliding. What he did suspect, but never wanted to witness, is that the Velociraptors have evolved into a communicating species (and seemingly all along had the capability to do so), now being smarter than primates. Written by Julian Reischl {julianreischl@mac.com}

Anxious to fund research for his new theory of velociraptor intelligence, renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant is persuaded by wealthy adventurer Paul Kirby and his wife Amanda to accompany them on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna. This infamous island, once InGen's site B, has become both a primordial breeding ground for John Hammond's magnificent creations and a magnet for thrill-seekers eager to encounter them. When a tragic accident maroons the party of seven, Grant discovers the true reason his deceptive hosts have invited him along. In their perilous attempt to escape, the dwindling group encounters terrifying new creatures undisclosed by InGen, and Grant is forced to learn the dreadful implications of his raptor intelligence theory firsthand. Written by Sujit R. Varma

Adventure runs wild when renowned paleontologist DR. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy adveturer (William H. Macy) and his wife (Tea Leoni) on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. But when they're terrifyingly stranded, Dr. Grant discovers that his hosts are not what they seem, and the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than he ever imagined. Written by Robert Lynch {docrlynch@yahoo.com}

HERE IS A REVIEW FROM DVDTALK

The Movie:

Director Steven Spielberg revolutionized special effects with 1994's "Jurassic Park", which brought believably mobile and realistic looking dinosaurs to the big screen. Only a couple of years later though, Spielberg's sequel floundered - the name alone brought record crowds into theaters, but few could stand the relative lack of action and the nearly 40 minute buildup till anything intense showed. Although the second film dissapointed audiences, its grosses made it obvious that a third picture should be made. Come this year, Spielberg was a bit busy though - not only was he directing "A.I.", but he was about to skip forward onto "Minority Report". Obviously, a few years had passed and the amount of time that was left to make a sequel was starting to drain out. The choice of Joe Johnston ("Jumanji") was made and soon after, shooting began, but this would be a film that would take a different way when it came to storytelling.

Where the other pictures were content to offer character development and a large chunk of buildup, Johnson follows a similar method to Renny Harlin's "Deep Blue Sea" - simply introduce the characters, isolate them and send in the villians. The remainder is simply action scene after action scene, with a little bit of breathing room in-between to not wipe out the audience. The film opens with Eric(Trevor Morgan) and his stepfather going parasailing off the coast of Isla Sorna, home to the dinos of the first feature. Of course, they're still there and the duo crash land into the middle of the forest. The boy's parents, Paul and Amanda Kirby (William H. Macy and Tea Leoni) trick Alan Grant (Sam Neill, from the first film) into being their island guide as they fly over the island - they simply have "forgotten" to tell him that they're actually going to land. The only question is - will they actually get off the island in the plane? The answer is obviously not, and it's only a matter of minutes before we're introduced to the latest dinosaurs to make appearances in the series including a late-in-the-game appearance by some flying friends. Johnston has taken the approach of simply going all out for 90 minutes, with only the least possible character development. Thankfully, he's able to do quite a wonderful job with the chase sequences, many of which are quite inventively staged - well enough, in fact, to make us care about characters that are almost entirely one-dimensional. Another terrific touch is that Grant has found that the Raptors can communicate with one another, which leads to another very nice layer of tension to the proceedings.

The one element that doesn't work is the addition of the Leoni and Macy characters. Although Macy isn't bad, Leoni is suprisingly irritating, with her character almost constantly yelling her child's name loud enough for the entire population of dinosaurs on the island to overhear. The exasperation of Neill's character at who he's stuck with attempts to play for laughs, but it walks a thin line between amusing and repetitive. The fact that the Macy and Leoni characters act like being chased by dinosaurs is marriage therapy is also rather lame. Overall though, "Jurassic Park 3" is well-acted, generally passably written (by "Election"'s Alexander Payne and two other writers) and offers up just what it says it will - 90 minutes of solid thrills, well-staged and consistently exciting. It certainly won't go down as one of the year's finer films, but I definitely thought it was one of the Summer's most entertaining efforts. The DVD