Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Dwayne Johnson here to try and save another movie franchise! This is my review of “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”. Journey 2 follows the same kid as the first movie now living with his mom and stepdad and still obsessed over Jules Verne now more than ever. Receiving a transmission from his grandfather, Sean (Josh Hutchinson) and his stepdad Hank (Dwayne Johnson) set off to find the Mysterious Island. After hiring Luiz Guzman to get them there, they end up crashing on the island and now, with the help of Sean’s Grandfather Alexander (Michael Caine), they must get off the island before it sinks. Surprisingly this ended up being a rather good film. I don’t know if it was the fact that I was on vacation or how much disappointment I had prepared myself for due to the first one, but this ended up being an entertaining flick that I was happy to have seen. Dwayne Johnson and Luiz Guzman play off each other well and actually added some comic relief instead of making it cheesy and campy. The story itself was very predictable (which is ok, not every movie has to keep you guessing) and the CG left a little to be desired but all in all it was well shot and well formulated. My kids enjoyed it immensely and I had fun watching it with them; so in that scenario I would say definitely go and see it. All in all I give Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3 man I really want to be a steampunk submarine captain more than anythings out of 5.
Tony Smith
Revolution Review 2012
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