Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Plot

Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

Release Year: 2012

Rating: 6.1/10 (5,527 voted)

Critic's Score: 41/100

Director:
Brad Peyton

Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine

Storyline
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

Writers: Brian Gunn, Mark Gunn

Cast:

Dwayne Johnson
–

Hank

Michael Caine
–

Alexander

Josh Hutcherson
–

Sean

Vanessa Hudgens
–

Kailani

Luis Guzmán
–

Gabato

Kristin Davis
–

Liz

Anna Colwell
–

Jessica

Stephen Caudill
–

Cop

Branscombe Richmond
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Tour Guide

Walter Bankson
–

Hockey Player

Taglines:
Believe the impossible. Discover the incredible.

Details

Official Website:
Official site |

Release Date: 10 February 2012

Filming Locations: Hawaii, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $79,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $2,002,193
(Australia)
(22 January 2012)
(351 Screens)

Gross: $59,050,451
(USA)
(19 February 2012)

Did You Know?

Trivia:

Michael Caine searches for Captain Nemo's Nautilus submarine through the latter half of this movie – in the 1997 remake of
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Michael Caine played Captain Nemo.

Goofs:

Factual errors:
Helicopter pilots fly from the right seat, not the left as shown in this movie.

Quotes:

Hank:
[to Sean]
Pop your pecs.

User Review

Entertaining film for the family – and nothing more

Rating: 6/10


Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is the 'sequel' of Journey to the
Centre of Earth (starring Brendan Fraser). Actually, I really don't
know why they consider it a sequel because the story is completely
different – the only similarities are the author of the books in which
the films were based on (Jules Verne) and the character of Sean
Anderson that appears in both movies. I also found interesting that
many people didn't know it was related to the other movie.

What we have here is a film that follows the same scheme of its
predecessor – a lot of CGI and 3D effects, amazing and colorful
scenarios, silly humor and nothing more. Journey 2 is a movie for all
ages – specially the kids – so don't expect violent sequences or sex
scenes with your favorite stars.

The plot is traditional and there is obviously those parallel stories –
like the boy Sean(Josh Hutcherson) who falls in love with the charming
Khailani (Vanessa Hudgens) and his relationship with his mother's
boyfriend, Hank – played by Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson who shows us that
the 'tough guys' can also be funny, charismatic and do movies that they
don't have to kill a hundred people.

So, are you thinking about taking your kids to the movies? Well, take
them to watch Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – they will be thrilled
by it.

But, even if you don't have any kids, watch it. Who said that adults
have only to watch serious and artistic movies? Sometimes a little bit
of unpretentious fun is necessary in life – and this movie provides it
(at least for me it did).