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Jurassic Park III is a 2001 motion picture, and a sequel of The Lost World: Jurassic Park
and the highly successful original Jurassic Park
. The film was directed by Joe Johnston and stars Sam Neill, Téa Leoni and William H. Macy. Unlike the two previous Jurassic Park movies, this film is not based on a Michael Crichton novel, nor directed by Steven Spielberg, nor written by David Koepp, nor scored by John Williams.

Plot summary

It is some four years after the second film, The Lost World. The public is aware of the existence of cloned dinosaurs on Isla Sorna. Taking advantage of this, an illegal boat-towed para-foiling operation "Dino-Soar" has been set up to give coastal tours of the island. A young boy, dinosaur enthusiast Eric Kirby (Trevor Morgan), and family friend Ben Hildebrand, decide to go parasailing. However, the boat is apparently attacked by dinosaurs or pterosaurs and left unmanned, heading toward some rocks. Eric and Ben then detach the tow rope and drift towards the island.

Meanwhile, the viewers revisit Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern). Both have continued their paleontological careers but are working independently now; Ellie has married and has children; Grant is still digging, now with young Billy Brennan (Alessandro Nivola), and has made some interesting discoveries about the Velociraptor
, even producing a replica voice box.

Grant is approached by Paul (William H. Macy) and Amanda Kirby (Téa Leoni), apparently wealthy thrill-seekers, who want Grant to give them an aerial tour of Isla Sorna. Grant is reluctant at first but once again, the Kirbys' promise of funding his dig gets the better of him.

Meanwhile, two mercenaries (Cooper and Nash) apparently hired by Mr Udesky for the Kirbys use a plane dressed like a dinosaur for target practice.

Another plane, a Raytheon King Air carrying Grant, Billy, the Kirbys and the mercenaries arrives at Isla Sorna. Grant soon figures out something's not quite right, when the Kirbys try to land the plane. Grant becomes agitated and gets knocked out by Cooper with a blow. When the plane lands, it is quickly attacked by the Spinosaurus
, a finned dinosaur, killing Cooper on the runway. The plane hits the Spinosaurus on takeoff and crashes up in some tall trees. The Dino bites the front of the plane off and eats Nash, stranding the rest of the group on the island. A chase ensues which leads the party to a T-Rex which chases them until it meets the Spinosaurus. The Spinosaurus then proceeds to kill the Tyrannosaurus rex by snapping its neck. (Many fans speculate as to whether this T-rex is one of the three from the previous movie.)

Grant finds out the Kirbys are in fact searching for their lost son, and that they are not as wealthy as they claim. Grant decides to head back toward the shore.

Along the way, the group encounters the parafoils, as well as the remains of Ben Hildebrand. Eric, however, seems to have escaped safely. Billy salvages the parafoils. Also discovered nearby are a nest of Raptor eggs.

The group approaches an old InGen laboratory, similar to the one seen in the village at the end of The Lost World, but is not the same one. After briefly exploring the building's interior, they are quickly attacked by Velociraptors. During the resulting chase, Grant becomes separated from Billy and the Kirbys. Udesky runs into a pack of Velociraptors, he desperately tries to ward them off with a stick. But the predators hurt his legs severely and before he can get away the male Raptor pierces Udesky's spine with one of his claws. Billy and the Kirbys have climbed up a tree and notice Udesky's body. He moves his arm leading them to believe he's still alive. When Mrs. Kirbys nearly tumbles from the tree two Raptors scurry out of the bushes. In the meantime Grant is rescued from a pack of Raptors by young Eric, who has been living on the island for two months. One of the male Raptors calls for help and the two threatening Billy and the Kirbys are urged to go. Before leaving though the male Raptor snaps Mr Udesky's neck.

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