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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

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Sean Anderson receives a coded distress signal from an island where none should exist. Knowing that he will not be able to dissuade Sean from tracking the signal to its source, Hank, Sean's new stepfather, joins the teen on a quest to the South Pacific. Together with helicopter pilot Gabato and Gabato's feisty daughter, Kailani, they set out to find the island and rescue its sole human inhabitant.
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Critics Consensus

Aggressively unambitious, Journey 2 might thrill tween viewers, but most others will find it too intense for young audiences and too cartoonishly dull for adults.

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Donald Clarke Irish Times 03/19/2012
3/5
It's all a bit silly. But Journey 2 does have the uncomplicated charm of those ancient mid-budget epics in which Doug McClure narrowly avoided being eaten by Pterodactyls. Go to Full Review
Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com 02/12/2012
2/4
There's very little Verne left in this adaptation, and the nebulous way they connect him to Jonathan Swift and Robert Louis Stevenson is tenuous to say the least. Go to Full Review
Leonard Maltin leonardmaltin.com 02/10/2012
2.1/2
Younger children may find some of the action a bit scary, but the filmmakers have tried to keep this element under control-brief and just intense enough to get a rise out of their audience but never gory. Go to Full Review
Iván Kazi EscribiendoCine 06/22/2023
6/10
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island immediately recognizes its audience and, fully accepting its constraints, pleases them with its fabulous drive and its intrinsic linearity. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 02/22/2023
2/4
There’s nothing about this family-friendly movie that’s outrageously offensive, but there’s nothing about it that’s particularly interesting, well-executed, or inventively conceived either. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 06/05/2020
2.5/4
...entertaining yet chintzy... Go to Full Review
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Pretty R Nov 25 It’s a very lovely movie!!! I was glued to the screen the entire time it was so fun and interesting and the fact that it teaches you about union and about creatures in today’s world was awesome!! It was amazing I’m not usually a watch show type of person but this took the cake 100%! I would definitely watch more movies like this one. I watched it November 2025 I noticed it came about 2012 and it was still very interesting. It was touching especially during certain parts and tears came to my eyes. I loved it lol would definitely recommend 10/10 See more Anaclara G Nov 25 I really like it! It's not a cinematic masterpiece but i used to watch it when i was a young teen. Its nostalgic See more Blu B Nov 12 It's bad. I love how they as loosely as possible try to tie this into the 2008 movie. Besides Sean being in it, it has nothing in common at all with the 2008 movie. The music is ok, the aciting isn't good, the cinematography is terrible, the editing isn't good, and the pacing is horrific. Guzman is just degrading himself here as the comedic relief and is terribly unfunny. Hudgens is alright but just the forgettable love interest. Everyone else is just subpar. The Rock is just once again playing himself and the same character he is in every film. It's the most surface level character stuff and half the time it's just plot expose. The 3D special effects are just as bad as the 08' one and look laughably bad. Major strike for that. At best the direction is basic and worst it's a green screen CGI fest that looks like a video game more than a movie. Than it starts jumping around between Guzman, Hutchinson/Hudgens, and the Rock during the escape. The worst part about this though honestly is the insane amount of dumb farfetched moments this throws at you nonstop. It's literally as bad as Rise of Skywalker at points. How does the 140 year old submarine still work? The Rock in jeans and a t shirt throwing a spear at a giant CGI shark. Conspiracy theory opening to setup getting to the island. It's literally insane. This is just mindless insanity and action thrills nonstop with little downtime. At least the 08' one was better executed and had much less farfetched stuff in it. Which is saying a lot because it still had farfetched moments for thrills. Skip this. It just devolves into mindless fare. See more Mark D. @MarkoftheMask Nov 8 A bit slow and sluggish, ridiculous bits of logic less events such as totally accepting and being able to fly a giant bee, slow story development. I enjoyed the actors but the screenplay seemed a bit thin and boring. See more Rocco S Oct 11 This movie is good but some reasons were kinda off on me but this movie with giants were cool, other then that its a good movie. See more Hayleigh P. @haytay.shows22 Sep 29 I really liked this one too but I wish’s it lined up better with the first one. He was supposed to go with his uncle.. they better be making a third one for that book now. I kind of LOVE these movies. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sean Anderson receives a coded distress signal from an island where none should exist. Knowing that he will not be able to dissuade Sean from tracking the signal to its source, Hank, Sean's new stepfather, joins the teen on a quest to the South Pacific. Together with helicopter pilot Gabato and Gabato's feisty daughter, Kailani, they set out to find the island and rescue its sole human inhabitant.
Director
Brad Peyton
Producer
Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson, Charlotte Huggins
Screenwriter
Brian Gunn, Mark Gunn
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Contrafilm
Rating
PG (Some Adventure Action|Brief Mild Language)
Genre
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 10, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 15, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$103.8M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby Digital
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