i have never felt the need to write one of these review but i feel the need to save others from my fate . i read the book a few month ago and enjoy it as much a any other crichton book . i be interested but not too surprised that they make a movie about it and be intrigue by the possibility so i rent it to see what they have do with the book . they do not do well . do not watch this movie . you can not get the wasted hour back . they decide to take out all of the interesting part of the book and and even bad and they use that terrible actor from the fast and the furious movie . not only can he not act and but he certainly can not pull off the even minor emotional change necessary for the role . i emplore you and find something else to watch and if you feel the need to hear the story and read the book and it doesn not take any long than the movie and but it and at least and be worthwhile .