Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

"Believe the impossible. Discover the incredible."

2012 1h 34m EN

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★6.2TMDB · 4,643

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Synopsis

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

“Believe the impossible. Discover the incredible.”

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Cast

Dwayne Johnson
Hank Parsons
Josh Hutcherson
Sean Anderson
Vanessa Hudgens
Kailani Laguatan
Luis Guzmán
Gabato Laguatan
Michael Caine
Alexander Anderson
Kristin Davis
Elizabeth Parsons
Anna Colwell
Jessica
Stephen Caudill
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Brad Peyton
Writers: Mark Gunn, Brian Gunn, Mark Gunn
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $79M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Journey Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brad Peyton, shot by David Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andrew Lockington. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor David Rennie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Dwayne Johnson and Josh Hutcherson and Vanessa Hudgens carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Brad Peyton directs. David Tattersall behind the camera. Andrew Lockington scores. David Rennie cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $79M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.
3Released 14 years ago.
4Part of the "Journey Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Brad Peyton, shot by David Tattersall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Andrew Lockington. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor David Rennie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Dwayne Johnson and Josh Hutcherson and Vanessa Hudgens carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Believe the impossible. Discover the incredible.".
10IMDB entry: tt1397514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 17 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Tattersall
Original score: Andrew Lockington
Editing: David Rennie
Production design: Bill Boes
Costume design: Denise Wingate
Makeup / hair: Tarra D. Day
VFX supervisor: Nick Pill
Sound: Randy Thom
Stunt coordinator: Alex Daniels
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $79,000,000
Box office: $355,692,760
Return: 450% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

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Journey Collection

A modern adaptation of the universe of Jules Verne, thus transposed to our time, at the beginning of the 21st century.

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Kamurai2020-09-12
★ 7/10
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. Great casting choices, great subject matter, and plenty of production value. When it comes down to it, I'm sure this is the movie that settled Dwayne Johnson as the guy for Jumanji. Josh Hutcherson and Vanessa Hudgens are really cute together and play off of each other really well. Michael Caine and Luis Guzmán both act really well with their character kids as well as Dwayne. The biggest actual problem I have with this is the insistence in 3d technology. It is really blatant and really weird sometimes. The iconic action scenes in this are amazing, and were probably not cost efficient at all: a giant lizard, bird or fish animated like this looks so good, but lasts for 5 minutes (?) and costs ridiculous amounts of money to get quality as good as this movie does. But it's the "no expense spared" attitude that really makes this a good movie watching experience. Yes, the writing is solid, and I love the idea of visiting the Mysterious Island, but the quality is what puts it over the top. Well worth the watch, but its the experience more than anything I can verbally express right now.
r96sk2024-05-21
★ 7/10
<em>'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'</em> improves upon <em>'Journey to the Center of the Earth'</em>. This is good fun. It's a shame that Brendan Fraser and Anita Briem were unable to reprise their respective roles, though the additions of Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Luis Guzmán and Vanessa Hudgens are all positives. Johnson has a few silly moments (berry pecs + "What a Wonderful World"), but all in all is fairly solid. The special effects, though still not as great as they should probably be, are upgraded, the score is also better. The plot is the main improvement, this location is more interesting than that of the last movie; admittedly the lame effects for the latter are quite the hindrance. Seems as if a third film from this series isn't completely dead in the water, despite the now twelve year gap. It's pretty surprising that it has yet to happen given the financial success of this and the 2008 flick - studios turning down money, that's a rarity!