Journey 2 The Mysterious Island Full Movie
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a 2012 American science fantasy action-adventure film[4] directed by Brad Peyton and produced by Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson and Charlotte Huggins. A sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), the film is based on Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island (1875). It stars Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmn, and Kristin Davis. The storyline was written by Richard Outten, Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn, and the screenplay by Brian and Mark Gunn.
Four years after his adventure in the center of the earth, 17-year-old Sean Anderson is arrested by the police for breaking into a satellite control center to enhance a coded signal his long-missing grandfather Alexander Anderson may have sent.
Wanting to bond with Sean, his new stepfather Hank Parsons helps decipher the code, which leads to three books: Treasure Island, Gulliver's Travels, and Jules Verne's Mysterious Island. Using the books' individual maps, Hank uses a backlight to make them a single island, complete with its location coordinates. Hoping to prove to Sean that there is no mysterious island there, Hank convinces Sean's mother Liz to let him take Sean to where the coordinates point to.
In Palau, Hank reluctantly hires helicopter tourism guide Gabato and his daughter Kailani (on whom Sean develops an immediate crush) to fly to the coordinates, as no one else is willing to take them. The helicopter gets caught in a cyclone and they crash into the Pacific, waking up on the island.
Moving inland, they are shocked to discover miniature elephants (which belong to a prehistoric species, the Dwarf sicilian elephant) and giant butterflies, meaning the animal sizes are opposite. After coming across an egg clutch, Gabato accidentally wakes up a giant frilled lizard, which chases them throughout the jungle.
They nearly get eaten, but are saved by Alexander. He takes them to a hut he built from the wreckage of the ship that brought him to the island. He has a working radio, but they can't call out for two weeks due to the positioning of the satellite.
The next morning, Alexander leads the group to the lost city of Atlantis, which rises every 70 years and sinks again a short time later. Although Alexander insists the island won't sink for many years, Hank discovers sea water coming from underground, meaning they only have days before the island sinks. Their only means of salvation seems to be the legendary Nautilus, Captain Nemo's submarine. Kailani enters Nemo's crypt and finds his journal, which shows that Nautilus is in a cave at Poseidon's Cliffs.
To get there, they mount giant bees and fly over a high ridge. When giant bee-eater birds try to devour them, Sean saves Kailani's life, but dislocates his ankle. Hank and Alexander reset Sean's ankle, then the group has a bonding moment when Hank sings his rendition of "What a Wonderful World" to ease Sean's pain.
The next morning, the water rises greatly and Hank deduces the island will sink in a matter of hours. Gabato is missing, having gone toward the island's volcano, seeking gold. While Alexander and Kailani retrieve him, Sean and Hank head for Poseidon's Cliffs.
To reach Nautilus' underwater cave, Sean and Hank create makeshift oxygen tanks and dive down fifty feet, but are nearly killed by a giant electric moray eel. The 140-year-old batteries have run down, so they start the submarine using the eel's electricity.
Kailani and Alexander find Gabato and convince him to escape with them instead of trying to take some volcano gold. As they near Poseidon's Cliffs, the volcano erupts. Sean and Hank arrive in Nautilus just in time to rescue the others from the water. Gabato pilots the submarine out of harm's way while Hank and Sean fire torpedoes into the path of falling debris. As they clear the dangers, Kailani kisses Sean for his bravery.
After the commercial success of the first film, New Line Cinema and Walden Media purchased Richard Outten's spec script, Mysterious Travels, in March 2009 to serve as the basis for the film. In the story, the characters embark on a journey to a mysterious uncharted island thought to have inspired the writing of three literary classics: Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and Jules Verne's Mysterious Island. Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn were chosen to revise Outten's script. Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema announced that Journey 2: The Mysterious Island would be released on February 10, 2012.
Josh Hutcherson is the only actor to reprise his role from journey to the center of the earth. Due to Brendan Fraser and Anita Briem did not return in this movie. Kristin Davis replaced Jane Wheeler as Sean's mother Liz. Dwayne Johnson played Sean's stepfather, who is forced to accompany Sean on the trip to find his missing grandfather Alexander (played by Michael Caine) on a mythical and monstrous island.[5] Vanessa Hudgens was cast as Hutcherson's love interest, Kailani.
The theatrical release of the film was preceded by a Looney Tunes short film titled Daffy's Rhapsody, featuring Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd in the first CG or 3-D depiction of these specific Looney Tunes characters. The short film's director, Matthew O'Callaghan, noted that "Daffy Rhapsody was originally recorded in the early 1950s as part of a kids' album". Unlike the earlier CG Looney Tunes shorts that appeared before Happy Feet Two and Yogi Bear, this short did not appear on the home video release of the film it accompanied.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island grossed $103.9 million in North America and $231.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $335.3 million, against a production budget of $79 million[6] surpassing its predecessor.[7][8] In North America, the film earned a $6.54 million on its debut Friday, ranking fourth at the box office.[9] Over the weekend, it earned $27.3 million, coming in third place, much higher than the original's $21.0 million debut.[10] Outside North America, Journey 2 began its run three weeks before its North American release.[11] It topped the box office outside North America for two consecutive weekends[12] and three in total.[13] It surpassed the original's total outside North America.[14] Its highest-grossing region after North America was China ($58.4 million),[15] followed by Russia and the CIS ($17.6 million) and Mexico ($12.7 million).[16]
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B grade, stating that "the movie flies by pleasantly, and is then instantly forgettable. Perhaps Jules Verne can explain the science of that".[citation needed] Randy Cordova from the Arizona Republic said: "Johnson can't save the movie, directed by Brad Peyton, from being a sloppy skip from one seemingly unrelated idea to the next".[citation needed] Roger Ebert, who gave the first film two stars, gave the sequel two-and-a-half stars, stating: "It isn't a "good" movie in the usual sense (or most senses), but it is jolly and goodnatured, and Michael Caine and Dwayne Johnson are among the most likable of actors".[20]
In August 2014, Carey Hayes and Chad Hayes were announced to write the script for a third film.[21] Brad Peyton and Dwayne Johnson were expected to direct and star in the sequel, respectively.[22] It was later stated that there would be two sequels.[23] By January 2018 however, Johnson stated despite the financial success of The Mysterious Island, and although a third film titled Journey 3: from the Earth to the Moon (based on the 1865 novel) was intended, its development had been cancelled due to a lack of immediate interest and troubles in adequately adapting the novel.[24] Despite this, reports from Hollywood production insiders arose in August 2020, stating that a sequel was once again in development. In December 2021, Hiram Garcia confirmed that Warner Bros. Pictures wants a sequel film, though Seven Bucks Productions decided to delay development in favor of pursuing other projects.[25]
Journey to the Center of the Earth came out in 2008 and starred Brendan Frasier as TrevorAnderson, a volcanologist whose 13-year-old nephew, Sean (Josh Hutcherson) is supposed tospend ten days with him while his mother moves to Canada.
Sean's father, Max (Trevor's brother), had disappeared years before, and because of some notesTrevor found in a copy of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth that belonged toMax, the pair set off for Iceland.
Along the way, they meet Hannah (who has some connection to the scientific institution whosetower has been transmitting data that Trevor and Sean are following). The three of them end upin a cave and then fall into a very deep pit that plops them out in a strange world where Maxapparently lived (and died).
The rest of the movie involves the trio trying to get out of the center of the Earth, but first theyhave to survive a lot of strange creatures, geysers, a T-Rex, and an inordinate number of life-threatening 3-D obstacles.
No big surprise, they all make it out alive, Trevor and Hannah having fallen in love in theprocess. Sean returns to Mom, having bonded with his uncle while having been able to put hisfather's memory to rest.
Fast-forward to 2012. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island appeared to be a sequel to something,but it wasn't immediately apparent to what. What was apparent was that this movie starred notBrendan Frasier, but Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) as Sean's stepfather, Hank. So there's no"Trevor" to give us a clue, and it's hard to recognize Josh Hutcherson as Sean because he hasgrown up a lot since the first film and now looks like a young man instead of a kid.
We have no idea what happened to Uncle Trevor, or when Mom got remarried, but this isdefinitely intended to be the sequel to the other Jules Verne-inspired film. The other clue thathelped me realize this was the sequel was the gratuitous use of 3-D effects.
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