Sean is trying to locate the whereabouts of his lost grandfather, Alexander (Michael Caine), using orbiting satellites.
Hutcherson reprises his role of Sean Anderson, now having a fractious relationship with new stepfather Hank Parsons (Johnson) some four years following the events of the previous film. Journey 2 is a typical mid-budget VFX adventurer, complete with daffy unearthly creatures, shriek-inducing jump-scares and improbable scientific pseudo-nonsense, perfectly in keeping with its predecessor and perfectly matching the joyous and expeditional tone of the Verne/Stevenson stories of old, and while a lot of the “coming at ya'” shots filmed for 3D look positively stupid now (a scene in which Johnson amiably bounces some walnuts off his pectoral muscles at the camera is laughably inane), the overall feeling of fun and a good time at the movies pervades the whole thing even now. Honing his kid-friendly beefcake appeal into solid comedic performances, Johnson teams up with returning star Josh Hutcherson (himself well known from The Hunger Games franchise, which had entered pop-culture the year before as a successful franchise itself) to once more riff on the Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson classic stories with the waning popularity of 3D gimmickry to accompany it. Twelve years after his first lead role in a feature film (2002’s The Scorpion King, a spin-off of his role in Steven Sommers’ The Mummy Returns), Dwayne Johnson saddles up for another action-adventure lark in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, a sequel to 2008’s Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and a far cry from the actor’s more recent outings in Faster and Fast Five. Synopsis: 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. Principal Cast : Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Michael Caine, Luis Guzman, Kristen Davis, Stephen Caudill, Anna Colwell, Brandscome Richmond.
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