Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.Sean Anderson partners with his mom's husband on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 4 nominations
- Palauan
- (uncredited)
- Tourist
- (uncredited)
- Nautilus Passenger
- (uncredited)
- Tourist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDespite this movie being a sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), Josh Hutcherson is the only actor to return from that movie.
- Goofs(at around 58 mins) After Sean falls from the giant bee and injures his ankle against a log several individuals say he has a "dislocated ankle" and his stepfather and grandfather reset it quickly and easily as you would do with a dislocated shoulder. Although it is possible to "dislocate" your ankle it is not only very difficult to do, but due to the unique, and very stable, make-up of the ankle (unlike the shoulder) it only occurs in conjunction with either a fracture or multiple ruptured tendons of the area. Something that is very serious and extremely painful and definitely not something that could be easily remedied by 'popping it back into place' and then the individual being able to walk about and hike.
- Quotes
Hank: [singing] I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom, for me and for you. And I think to myself: What a wonderful world! I see giant bees, and I could have told ya: Don't trust Alexander - he's older than Yoda. And I think to myself: What a wonderful world! The island that we stand on... Well, it's currently sinking. Sending those secret codes - what the heck were you drinking? But it's all in the past, we wiped the slate clean! We're going to find Nemo's submarine! And you'll think to yourself: What a wonderful world. Oh, yeah...
- Crazy creditsThere is a brief scene of elephants swimming to the city halfway through the credits right before the cast listing.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.79 (2012)
- SoundtracksLetterbomb
Written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt
Performed by Green Day
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Watching "Journey 2" is like being stuck in a vacation with five slightly unpleasant people with slightly uncomfortable dynamics between. Sean (Hutcherson) is bratty and overly entitled, Hank (Johnson) his stepfather and Alexander (Caine) his grandfather are constantly bickering, the tour guide Gabato (Guzman) is overly emasculated and his daughter Kailani (Hudgens) surly.
The 3D, the CGI of the island and the sets are perhaps main draw of the movie. We see elephants as big as cats and bees as big as cars. The effects are mostly impressive all around but it never manages to find the right pace or impact because it just comes in one after another without the dramatic tension. It's hard to care about the perils or be in awe at what's shown when the characters are so thin.
After watching the movie, I get this feeling that the Rock had way too much creative input in the movie. His absurd peck joke from the trailer aside, his character is a prize-winning Navy cryptographer who also knows structural engineering and who can also play a mean ukulele and really hold down a tune (although awful singing truth be told); This all hints at the big guy pretending to be smart and sensitive. Combine this with the almost palpable resentment between him and Caine and the sickening obsequiousness of Guzman towards him, it just feels uncomfortable.
While the movie is impressive as a 3D CGI set piece, it is severely let down by the characters. A lot of kids/family movies lately have this undertone of spoiled rich American kid gets everything he wants but this movie does this in a very ugly way. Kids will overlook all these flaws in the movie and be mesmerized by the 3D and special effects but I think adults would find it a bit pointless and uncomfortable. Empty entertainment for kids is my view of this movie.
- MosHr
- Feb 4, 2012
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Journey to the Mysterious Island
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $79,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $103,887,748
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $27,335,363
- Feb 12, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $335,288,576
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1