JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND is a nice family action adventure film. Josh Hutcherson reprises his role as Sean Anderson in this second installment of the Journey series. After receiving a coded message from his grandfather, Sean embarks on a mission with his mom’s boyfriend to find an island that does not appear on any map.
The island is half a world away in the Pacific Ocean and the area is avoided by the locals. But money will get you anywhere you want to go and Sean quickly obtains a ride on a chopper to the island. A terrible storm causes the helo to crash and when they awake, they have washed up on the island.
Creatures on the island have mutated in a strange way. The animals and insects that we know as small are large on the island and large animals are small. Bees are large enough to hitch a ride on, but sharks are the size of minnows.
Eventually, the group happens on the lost city of Atlantis, but there is a problem. The city will sink in just a few short hours. The group must cross the island to find Captain Nemo’s submarine before the island falls to the ocean floor.
There is a lot here for the kids to enjoy, but not much for adults. Hutcherson gives an adequate performance. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, mom’s boyfriend, is an upgrade over Brenden Frasier who starred in the first episode. Michael Caine and Luis Guzman’s talents are under utilized as the grandfather and helo pilot. Vanessa Hudgens, pilot’s daughter and love interest for Sean, doesn’t add much here. She kind of stands around waiting to deliver her lines. Big shout out to Stephen Caudill who plays a police officer and starred in my first feature BEHIND THE NINE.
Great flick for family night at the movies. Journey 2 garners three of five airplanes.
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Thanks for the shout out J! I haven't seen it yet, but glad I made the final cut. I figured after what the ADR cost them - there was a good chance that scene would make it :-)
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