Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Review

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island


Release Date: 19th January 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
New Line Cinema (presents)

Contrafilm

Walden Media

Distribution
Roadshow Films


Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/ 

Adventure

Rating: PG

Runtime: 94 minutes

Budget: $79,000,000

Box Office Gross: $335,260,290 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
A new adventure begins
for young explorer Sean
Anderson decodes a
distress signal from an 

island that shouldn't exist.
This mysterious place is

home to strange life forms, 

untold riches, active
volcanoes, and many
other secrets. Unable to
stop him from tracking the 

signal to its source, Sean's
new stepfather, Hank,
accompanies the teenager

on his journey to the South

Pacific. They travel to the

island, with the help of a
helicopter pilot, Gabato, and
his headstrong daughter,

Kailani, to rescue its sole 

inhabitant and escape
before seismic shockwaves
submerge the island and

its treasures forever.

Cast
Dwayne Johnson - Hank Parsons
Josh Hutcherson - Sean Anderson
Vanessa Hudgens - Kailani
Michael Caine - Alexander Anderson
Luis Guzman - Gabato
Kristin Davis - Elizabeth Anderson
Anna Colwell - Jessica

Stephen Caudill - Cop

Branscombe Richmond - Tour Guide

Walker Bankson - Hockey Player

Crew
Director - Brad Peyton
Based on the Novel "The Mysterious Island" -
Jules Verne
Story - Richard Outten
Story/Screenplay - Brian & Mark Gunn
Associate Producer - Hiram Garcia
Executive Producers - Michael Bostick,
Richard Brener, Samuel J. Brown, Michael Disco
and Evan Turner
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Marcus Viscidi
Producers - Beau Flynn, Charlotte Huggins

and Tripp Vinson
Co-Producer - Dwayne Johnson
Casting Directors - Craig & Lisa Mae Fincannon
Production Designer - Bill Boes

Concept Illustrators - Daren Dochterman,

John Eaves, Gregory Hill, Michael Jackson,

Andrew Leung, Miles Teves and Youa Vang

Illustrators - Robin Richesson, Jim Magdaleno,

Vincent Lucido, Regina Conroy and David Lowery

Supervising Art Director - Bruce Hill

Construction Coordinator: Hawaii Unit - Gary Krakoff
Set Decorator: Hawaii Unit - Gary Fettis

Property Master - John Bankston
Costume Designer - Denise Wingate
Director of Photography - David Tattersall

Underwater Director of Photography - Pete Romano

First Assistant Director - John Hockridge

Second Assistant Directors - Joseph J. Kontra

and Cristina de Arce
Second Unit Director: Hawaii Unit/Visual Effects

Supervisor - Boyd Shermis
Stunt Coordinator - Alex Daniels

Special Effects Coordinator - Peter Chesney Jr.
Special Effects Supervisor - Peter Chesney
Visual Effects Supervisor - Nick Pill
Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Erik Nordby
Visual Effects Supervisor: Scanline VFX - Bryan Grill

Visual Effects Producer - Randy Starr

3D Stereographer - David Drzewiecki
Editor - David Rennie

Additional Editor - Keith Brachmann
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor - Al Nelson
Sound Designer - Randy Thom

ADR Supervisor - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

Re-Recording Mixers - Gregg Landaker and Steve Maslow

Dialogue Editors - Douglas Murray and Marilyn McCoppen

Foley Artists - Jana Vance, Dennie Thorpe,

Sean England and Ronni Brown

Foley Mixer - Frank Rinella
Music - Andrew Lockington

Music Supervisor - Andrea von Foerster


Review
JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND was funny but a bit scary, and it continues where the last movie left off. Like the original, this feature is based on Jules Verne's Mysterious Island and is unrelated to the preceding book. It is a shame that none of the original cast members, including Brendan Fraser and Anita Briem, returned for the sequel. Only Josh Hutcherson from the original cast came back. Instead, we have Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who has proven to be a good substitute for Fraser's character, especially when he sings well. Even the other newly added cast members, like Vanessa Hudgens and Michael Caine, have their moments.

JOURNEY 2 was an exciting movie. The 3D aspect is the icing on the cake. I expect everyone who has read the Jules Verne novels to go and see this movie.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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