Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Sean Anderson receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It’s a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret.
2.5 out of 5 based on 10 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
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| Genre |
Action. Adventure, Family |
| Director |
Brad Peyton |
| Cast |
Dwayne Johnson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán, Michael Caine, Kristin Davis, Anna Colwell, Michael Beasley Josh Hutcherson |
| Studio |
Warner Bros UK |
| Release Date |
February 2012 |
| Running Time |
94 mins |
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Sean Anderson receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It’s a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret.
Reviews
Empire Magazine
Nick de Semlyen
“Gleefully piles on the implausibilities. So we get a comedy double-act between Caine and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson — as effectively bizarre a match-up as Arnie and DeVito — which sees them antagonistically call each other “Mary Poppins” and “Sasquatch”.”
30/01/2012
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“Thoroughly daft and entertaining.”
02/02/2012
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The Daily Mail
Chris Tookey
“A manufactured Hollywood product without wit or originality.”
03/02/2012
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Total Film
Total Film
“Enjoyable enough as eye-poking spectacle.”
03/02/2012
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The Independent on Sunday
Nicholas Barber
“The heroes' encyclopedic knowledge [that] wins the day as opposed to the customary brute strength and ignorance.
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05/02/2012
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The Observer
Philip French
“It resembles King Kong written by Enid Blyton for undemanding children, though Blyton would have disapproved of the philistine way Johnson tears the maps out of his stepson's books.
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05/02/2012
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Scotland on Sunday
Siobhan Synnot
“The fun remains marooned.
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29/01/2012
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The Daily Telegraph
Tim Robey
“It’s probably best recommended to those who need to see Michael Caine mounting a giant bee.”
03/02/2012
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The Times
Kate Muir
“Michael Caine [is] the grandfather, giving an appallingly lazy performance that says: “I took the cheque.””
03/02/2012
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
“Do not adjust your 3D specs as you watch grandfather Michael Caine riding a giant bee: this isn't even a dream sequence. ”
03/02/2012
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