Journey 2 : The Mysterious Island
Year
2012
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sequel
2012
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sequel
Story
A sequel to the Journey to the
Centre of the Earth (2008), this movie starts with a rebellious Sean Anderson (a
rather all grown-up Josh Hutcherson) breaking into a govt. facility to
intercept a coded signal he suspects was from his grandfather Alexander Anderson
(Michael Caine). The message tells them that the Mysterious Island that Jules
Verne wrote about exists!
This instalment introduces Sean’s new
stepfather, Hank (Dwayne Johnson – the Rock) who has been having trouble
connecting with Sean, and takes this opportunity to do so by helping him decode
the message Sean intercepted and head off to find Alexander & the
Mysterious Island.
Once they arrive at the location
near Palau Island (near the Philippines), they needed some locals to bring them
to the island itself. They managed to hire helicopter pilot Gabato (Luis
Guzman) and his daughter Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens) to fly them there.
Once they find the island, after a
perilous storm which hides it, they are left stranded after their helicopter is
destroyed. The discover strange things as described in the Jules Verne’s books
– elephants the size of domestic cats while reptiles, insects & birds
magnified a few hundred times over. Alexander shows up just in time to save
them from a giant lizard (not a dinosaur but literally a giant lizard!)
All is not well as they soon find
that the island is actually Atlantis and it undergoes a surfacing and
submerging cycle, and they only have a few days before the entire island sinks
back into the ocean! Thus begins their race against time to find a way off the
island. The is found only in Jules Verne’s book.
Acting
Vanessa Hudgens is there to please the teenage boys and
bring them to the cinemas as she does nothing much besides providing eye-candy
while Josh Hutcherson was rather difficult to watch as he comes across as a
rebel without a cause who has little (if any) redeeming quality and is
downright unlikable from the start of the movie.
Well, I personally thought Luis Guzman stole the show as he
has the funniest bits in the movie. The Rock also delivers as he too has a few
funny parts and is comfortable doing the funny scenes. He’s quite versatile as
he seems to be comfortable doing both action flicks as well as comedies!
Overall
Although the Rock is a good substitute but I personally
would’ve liked Brendan Fraser to be in the franchise instead. Call it
nostalgia.
This is a movie to be enjoyed as a fun pop-corn movie for
the family. Do not try to make any sense out of it as it would leave you
disappointed. This is not mandatory viewing but fun for the afternoon if you
have nothing else better to do.
Wait for the DVD.
Ratings: 5/10
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