''Return to the Lost World'' is a 1992 film directed by

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and starring

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, Nathania Stanford, Darren Peter Mercer, and

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. It is a sequel to the film ''

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'', which was released the same year.

Plot

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scientist Bertram Hammonds, along with Gomez, who survived being injured in the first film, arrives in the Lost World to drill for crude

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. He and his men begin capturing the natives for

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, throwing Chief Palala off the top of the

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. He survives and is rescued by Malu and taken to a nearby village. Word reaches Edward Malone and Jenny Nielson in

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, who remind Professors Challenger and Summerlee of the promise they made to Palala: that they would return to the Lost World should they be needed. However the professors are having a feud. Challenger recently discredited Summerlee on a theory and now they aren't on speaking terms. With help from Jim, Malone and Jenny manage to bamboozle Challenger and Summerlee into coming along with each mistakenly believing they are commanding the expedition while the other is remaining in England. When they encounter one another aboard the

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bound for

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, they nearly come to blows. Upon arriving they are led to the base of the plateau by Malu, where she found Chief Palala. Above, attacks by

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have set back Hammonds' work. His drilling crews accidentally tap into a volcanic pipe during a

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' visit, triggering a volcanic eruption that threatens to destroy the whole plateau. The initial eruption destroys the plane they arrived in. Fleeing, Hammonds and Gomez take Chief Palala's daughter hostage and threaten to kill her unless the natives show them how to leave. Suddenly Challenger and the others arrive, having come the same way they left last time, through the caves. Challenger shoots and kills Gomez, and Hammonds is taken prisoner. After several adventures including clashes with the hostile drilling crew members, the group struggles to stop the erupting volcano. Challenger creates a new explosive, "Challengerite," with which to seal the volcano. Boxes of the explosive are put into a cave nearby but Hammonds chases Jim inside, not wanting them to set off the explosives. He tries to ply Jim with promises of wealth but Jim sets off the explosives, stopping the eruption and seemingly killing Hammonds in the process. Afterward, Summerlee congratulates Challenger on the Challengerite, and they muse on how much longer they can keep the Lost World safe from human intervention.

Cast

as Professor George Edward Challenger *

as Professor Summerlee *

as Edward Malone * Nathania Stanford as Malu * Darren Peter Mercer as Jim *

as Jenny Nielson * Sala Came as Dan * Fidelis Cheza as Chief Palala * John Chinosiyani as Witch Doctor * Innocent Choda as Pujo * Brian Cooper as Policeman * Charles David as Mojo Porter * Kate Egan as Kate Crenshaw * Mike Grey as Mojo Porter * Robert Haber as Maple White *

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as Peterson

Production

Filming

Filming for ''Return to the Lost World'' took place simultaneously with its predecessor ''

''. The movie was filmed during 1991 in

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Reception

The movie was released on March 9, 1992 in Canada.

Critical reception

The film ''Return to the Lost World'' was generally negative reviews upon release.

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called it " essentially a retread of the slightly superior first picture".

Relation to novel

The films 1992 predecessor ''

'' was based on the 1912 book of the same name by Sir

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. The sequel ''Return to the Lost World'' is a continuation from ''The Lost World'' and contains its own story elements and plot that was not in the original novel.

References

External links

* * {{Harry Alan Towers 1992 films Canadian science fiction adventure films 1990s science fiction adventure films 1990s English-language films Films about dinosaurs Professor Challenger films Films directed by Timothy Bond 1990s Canadian films