Jurassic Park: The Hidden Island

Jurassic Park: The Hidden Island is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by Barry Jenkins and written by Josh Friedman. It is a prequel to the 1993 film Jurassic Park, and the fourth overall film in the Jurassic Park Franchise following Jurassic Park III (2001). The film features characters and ideas from the original novels by Micheal Crichton. The film stars Bill Paxton, Kristofer Hivju, Richard Attenborough, Keegan-Micheal Kay, Dwayne Johnson, Rosamund Pike, Oscar Isaac and Morris Chestnut. In the film, a scientist funds an expedition to "Site C," where they find out that scientists who quit InGen and Biosyn have made experiments on hybrid Dinosaurs that may be used for military purposes.

While a sequel was still being made, a prequel was announced in 2006. Filming took place in Hawaii, Los Angeles and Pinewood Studios from March to October 2008. Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) brought the dinosaurs on screen to life while Amalagated Dynamics (ADI) made animatronics.

Jurassic Park: The Hidden Island premiered in Los Angeles on March 20, 2009. It was released in the United States on March 24, 2009 to mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the direction, special effects, music and Richard Attenborough's performance as John Hammond. Criticism mainly came from some of the characters. The film was a success, grossing $370 million worldwide. The sequel set after Jurassic Park III, Jurassic World, would release in 2015, followed by three more films in 2018, 2021 and 2022.

Plot
In 1975, InGen is established in San Diego, California. In 1977, Biosyn is founded. The owner and founder of his Animal Kingdom Park, John Hammond, starts planning his Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar. In 1986, InGen successfully cloned dinosaurs like Velociraptor and Triceratops. However, by 1987, scientists who used to work for InGen and Biosyn started to make hybrid creatures for military use, and Hammond takes notice, being greatly worried and protective about the idea.

In 1989, strange animal attacks have been reported in Costa Rica all the way to California. American Paleontologist David Crichton is recruited by the U.S. Military to investigate. After the investigation in Costa Rica, Crichton becomes fascinated by the stories of Dinosaurs being cloned. Hammond invites him to talk about funding an expedition to "Site C," or Isla Muerta. The expedition begins, and Crichton recruits his wife, government scientist Martha Crichton, as well as the U.S. Military unit he got recruited by. His friend, Clark, a Vietnam War Veteran, is part of the defenses team of the expedition. They arrive to Muerta and set up camp.

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Music
Jenkins originally wanted James Horner to compose the film, however, he was too busy with James Cameron's Avatar that same year. Jenkins then tried to get John Williams back, but he was busy composing the 4th Indiana Jones film. Patrick Doyle eventually was finally chosen.

Doyle composed the score of the film. The score was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Doyle adapted the themes used by William from the first film. He also added Japanese Taiko in the action packed parts of the score.

The end credits theme song, "I Thought I'd Seen Everything," is a rock song sung by Bryan Adams.

Marketing
A teaser trailer was shown during Screenings of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and online on November 7, 2008. A 3 minute trailer for the film was released on January 16, 2009 during screenings of Hotel for Dogs.

The film's Promotions started in late January. McDonald's promoted the film for children with a happy meal toy set based on the film. Dairy Queen also promoted the film with a blizzard called the "Jurassic Frost" Blizzard. Hasbro made a toyline based on the film which lasted from 2009 to 2010. The Central Park Zoo in New York City held a scavenger hunt and reptile show based on the film and franchise. Other marketing partners included Barbasol, Kellogg's, Nestlé, Dr Pepper, Jeep, The Smithsonian Institution, The Royal Tyrrell Museum Of Paleontology and Baskin-Robbins.

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Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Jurassic Park: The Hidden Island has an approval rating of 78% based on 360 reviews with an average rating of 6.8/10. The critical consensus reads: "An overstuffed but satisfying prequel to the 1993 blockbuster. Sometimes prequels are just better than sequels."

Video Game
Jenkins chose Ubisoft Montreal to create a game in 2007. The game was released on March 10, 2009 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, iPhone and Microsoft Windows, and March 11 for PlayStation Portable.