This 1992 film was well down the line of movies that have been and will be made based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's science-fiction adventure novel, "The Lost World." It's also not the best nor the worst of the various renditions of movies.
John Rhys-Davies plays Professor Challenger and Eric McCormack plays Edward Malone. In this version, the person of Lord John Roxton is absent and a new character is added. Tamara Gorski plays Jenny Nielson, a wildlife photographer. She became part of the expedition since her wealthy father put up the money for the venture. David Warner plays Professor Summerlee, an antagonist of Challenger, who is selected by the Royal Science Academy to head the expedition.
The setting for this version of Doyle's novel is central Africa, instead of South America as in the novel. There are no noted performances, and anyone familiar with The Lost World story will know the general plot of the film. It has several diversions from the novel, but nothing that makes the story any better. If anything, those may have weakened the story by cluttering it up with too much detail and taking away from the dinosaur-age animals and encounters.
This is a relatively tame sci-fi flick, in spite of the script's attempt at mystery to play on a fright factor. Those who like sci-fi should enjoy this film, although aficionados of the genre will find this one lame compared to such great films as Jurassic Park and King Kong.
John Rhys-Davies plays Professor Challenger and Eric McCormack plays Edward Malone. In this version, the person of Lord John Roxton is absent and a new character is added. Tamara Gorski plays Jenny Nielson, a wildlife photographer. She became part of the expedition since her wealthy father put up the money for the venture. David Warner plays Professor Summerlee, an antagonist of Challenger, who is selected by the Royal Science Academy to head the expedition.
The setting for this version of Doyle's novel is central Africa, instead of South America as in the novel. There are no noted performances, and anyone familiar with The Lost World story will know the general plot of the film. It has several diversions from the novel, but nothing that makes the story any better. If anything, those may have weakened the story by cluttering it up with too much detail and taking away from the dinosaur-age animals and encounters.
This is a relatively tame sci-fi flick, in spite of the script's attempt at mystery to play on a fright factor. Those who like sci-fi should enjoy this film, although aficionados of the genre will find this one lame compared to such great films as Jurassic Park and King Kong.