Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Believe the Impossible. Discover the Incredible.
2012 | 94m | English
Popularity: 12 (history)
| Director: | Brad Peyton |
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| Writer: | Richard Outten, Mark Gunn, Brian Gunn |
| Staring: |
| Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 19, 2012 |
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| Director: | Brad Peyton |
| Writer: | Richard Outten, Mark Gunn, Brian Gunn |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | giant lizard, mission, duringcreditsstinger, missing person |
| Production Companies | New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures, Contrafilm, Walden Media |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $355,692,760
Budget: $79,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Dwayne Johnson | Hank Parsons |
| Josh Hutcherson | Sean Anderson |
| Vanessa Hudgens | Kailani Laguatan |
| Luis Guzmán | Gabato Laguatan |
| Michael Caine | Alexander Anderson |
| Kristin Davis | Elizabeth Parsons |
| Anna Colwell | Jessica |
| Stephen Caudill | Cop |
| Branscombe Richmond | Tour Guide |
| Walter Bankson | Hockey Player |
| Cody Easterbrook | Palauan (uncredited) |
| Paul Leo Klink | Nautilus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Brad Peyton | Director |
| David Tattersall | Director of Photography |
| Rick Avery | Pilot |
| Miles Teves | Conceptual Illustrator |
| Colette D. Dahanne | Foley Editor |
| Josh Gold | Sound Effects Editor |
| Al Nelson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Randy Thom | Sound Designer |
| Alex Daniels | Stunt Coordinator |
| Andrea von Foerster | Music Supervisor |
| Kip Bartlett | Set Dresser |
| Tanoai Reed | Stunt Double |
| Benjamin Patterson | Set Dresser |
| Michael Anthony Jackson | Conceptual Illustrator |
| Richard Outten | Story |
| Clay Cullen | Stunts |
| Mark Gunn | Screenplay, Story |
| Brian Gunn | Screenplay, Story |
| Larry White | Animation |
| Anthony Rizzo | Animation |
| Anna Rane | Script Supervisor |
| Ron Phillips | Still Photographer |
| Mike Repeta | Camera Operator |
| Andrew Lockington | Original Music Composer |
| David Rennie | Editor |
| Craig Fincannon | Casting |
| Lisa Mae Fincannon | Casting |
| Bruce Robert Hill | Art Direction |
| Gary Fettis | Set Decoration |
| Chuck Potter | Set Decoration |
| Denise Wingate | Costume Design |
| Tarra D. Day | Makeup Department Head |
| Joy Zapata | Hair Department Head |
| John Hockridge | First Assistant Director |
| John Bankson | Property Master |
| Adolfo Castanon | Greensman |
| John Eaves | Conceptual Illustrator |
| Chad S. Frey | Set Designer |
| Gary A. Krakoff | Construction Coordinator |
| Jenne Lee | Art Department Coordinator |
| Andrew H. Leung | Conceptual Illustrator |
| Alex McCarroll | Set Designer |
| Greg Papalia | Set Designer |
| Isaia Robins | Greensman |
| Lindsey Suggs | Art Department Coordinator |
| Darrell Tachibana | Greensman |
| James Van Houten | Sculptor |
| Dean Wolcott | Set Designer |
| Peter Chesney | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Scott Anderson | Visual Effects Editor |
| Steve Cypreos | Modeling |
| Gian Ganziano | Visual Effects Editor |
| James Greig | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Whitney Hagan | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Suchitra Keshri | Modeling |
| Chun Ho Ray Leung | Modeling |
| Leona Naidoo | Visual Effects Editor |
| Julie Orosz | Visual Effects Producer |
| Hyun Bo Park | Modeling |
| Nick Pill | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Daryl Sawchuk | Animation Supervisor |
| Boyd Shermis | Visual Effects Supervisor, Second Unit Director |
| Randy Starr | Visual Effects Producer |
| Terri Watanabe | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Trevor Wyatt | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Gregory W. Smith | Camera Operator |
| John Casey | Costume Supervisor |
| Sandra Collier | Key Costumer |
| Cameron Doyle | Key Costumer |
| Charles W. Kaeo | Key Costumer |
| Cory Ching | Set Costumer |
| Stephen Lotwis | Supervising Music Editor |
| David Metzner | Music Editor |
| Christie Kwan | Production Coordinator |
| Vacheh Shahmoradian | Other |
| Marilyn McCoppen | Dialogue Editor |
| Douglas Murray | Dialogue Editor |
| Stephanie Meyerink | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Jennifer Brusciano | Stunt Double |
| Ralf Koch | Stunt Double |
| Craig H. Davidson | Stunts |
| Tim Jarvis | Stunts |
| Erik Parzwardek | Set Dresser |
| Daren Dochterman | Conceptual Illustrator |
| Bill Boes | Production Design |
| Leff Lefferts | Sound Effects Editor |
| Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | ADR Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tripp Vinson | Producer |
| Richard Brener | Executive Producer |
| Charlotte Huggins | Producer |
| Michael Bostick | Executive Producer |
| Evan Turner | Executive Producer |
| Beau Flynn | Producer |
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Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. Great casting choices, great subject matter, and plenty of production value. When it comes down to it, I'm sure this is the movie that settled Dwayne Johnson as the guy for Jumanji. Josh Hutcherson and Vanessa Hudgens are really cute ... together and play off of each other really well. Michael Caine and Luis Guzmán both act really well with their character kids as well as Dwayne. The biggest actual problem I have with this is the insistence in 3d technology. It is really blatant and really weird sometimes. The iconic action scenes in this are amazing, and were probably not cost efficient at all: a giant lizard, bird or fish animated like this looks so good, but lasts for 5 minutes (?) and costs ridiculous amounts of money to get quality as good as this movie does. But it's the "no expense spared" attitude that really makes this a good movie watching experience. Yes, the writing is solid, and I love the idea of visiting the Mysterious Island, but the quality is what puts it over the top. Well worth the watch, but its the experience more than anything I can verbally express right now.
<em>'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'</em> improves upon <em>'Journey to the Center of the Earth'</em>. This is good fun. It's a shame that Brendan Fraser and Anita Briem were unable to reprise their respective roles, though the additions of Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Luis Guzmán and Vanessa ... Hudgens are all positives. Johnson has a few silly moments (berry pecs + "What a Wonderful World"), but all in all is fairly solid. The special effects, though still not as great as they should probably be, are upgraded, the score is also better. The plot is the main improvement, this location is more interesting than that of the last movie; admittedly the lame effects for the latter are quite the hindrance. Seems as if a third film from this series isn't completely dead in the water, despite the now twelve year gap. It's pretty surprising that it has yet to happen given the financial success of this and the 2008 flick - studios turning down money, that's a rarity!