Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

2012 • 94 minutes

About this movie

In this follow-up to the 2008 worldwide hit "Journey to the Center of the Earth," the new family adventure "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" begins when 17-year-old Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson, reprising his role from the first film) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It's a place of stunning beauty, strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from tracking the signal to its source, Sean's new stepfather, Hank (Dwayne Johnson), joins the quest that will take them first to the South Pacific, and then to a place few people have ever seen. Together with a helicopter pilot (Luiz Guzman) and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever. MPAA Rating: PG for some adventure, and mild language. © 2011 New Line Productions, Inc.

Ratings and reviews

No joke. It was free on a plane and I thought, hey that's Peeta from Hunger Games, so I'll watch this. Big mistake. The plot jumps all over and it is a plot used on repeat in movies a bad one! The characters are so 1 dimensional and the whole thing is filled with holes. If you find a mysterious island of insane creatures you don't just go "yeah, that's cool". The worst part is the writing- the dialog is insulting to the English language. If this is what kids are offered we are in for a generation of totally morons. I stopped watching once The Rock made his muscles dance. I think air sickness was not why I wanted to puke. Save your time and money by watching paint dry.

This would probably (if not better) be a cartoon show where every episode they have very little recollection of the previous episode, like any other. The first journey was decent and this one, well, I wish I could unwatch this. It has no intention to grab viewers, it's a dull film plain and simple. I highly advise you to pick another movie.

Mostly for 17 and younger "CG" generation demographic. Movie has NOTHING to do with Original Jules Verne book, and 1961 Movie. Better than i expected. I like the Rock, and at least they have fun with this new idea - some plot and character development. Watch the Original 1961 movie PLEASE!