February 10, 2012
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a 2012 American science fantasy action-adventure film 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 Guzmán, and Kristin Davis. The storyline was written by Richard Outten, Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn, and the screenplay by Brian and Mark Gunn. It tells the story of Sean Anderson, the 17-year-old nephew of Trevor Anderson who answers a distress call from his long-lost grandfather and mounts a rescue to a mysterious island with help from his militaristic stepfather and the crew of a helicopter tour.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island was released in cinemas on February 10, 2012, by Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and Walden Media to mixed reviews, but was a box office success with a worldwide gross of $335 million, surpassing its predecessor. It was released on DVD/Blu-ray on June 5, 2012.
Storyline
Four years after his adventure in the center of the Earth, 17-year-old Sean Anderson is caught by police following a high-speed dirt bike pursuit that ends in a neighbor's swimming pool. His stepfather, Hank Parsons, intervenes to keep him out of juvenile detention.
Sean had broken into a satellite facility to boost a coded signal he believes was sent by his long-missing grandfather, Alexander. Hank helps him decode the message, which leads them to three classic novels—Treasure Island, Gulliver's Travels, and The Mysterious Island—and a set of coordinates pointing to a location in the South Pacific.
Traveling to Palau, they hire helicopter pilot Gabato Laguatan and his daughter Kailani to fly to the coordinates. A cyclone storm crashes them onto the mysterious island, where they encounter miniature elephants, giant butterflies, and other unusual fauna.
They are soon rescued by Alexander, who has been living on the island for years. He reveals they are on the legendary Mysterious Island, which rises and sinks every 70 years. While Alexander believes they have time, Hank finds signs that the island will sink in a matter of days.
To escape, they seek the submarine Nautilus, hidden in an underwater cave at Poseidon's Cliffs. With Kailani's help, they locate Captain Nemo's journal and identify the sub's location. The group travels on giant bees to reach the site but are attacked by bee-eating birds. Sean is injured saving Kailani, and the group briefly rests.
Gabato, enticed by the island's gold, goes missing. While Alexander and Kailani retrieve him from the erupting volcano, Sean and Hank dive to the cave, evading a giant electric eel, and restart Nautilus using the eel's bioelectric charge.
They rescue the others just as the island sinks. Gabato pilots the submarine to safety, while Hank and Sean defend it from volcanic debris. Months later, Gabato operates a successful tourist business aboard Nautilus, and Kailani visits Sean on his birthday. Alexander arrives with From the Earth to the Moon, suggesting it as their next adventure.
Also See
Movie Trailer
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) (Trailers)
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Bone Cracks Bone Crac FS043302
- Hollywoodedge, Bone Crunch Hard WetB PE247201
- Hollywoodedge, Elephant Trumpeting PE024801
- Hollywoodedge, Lightning 08 CloseG SIG012601
- Hollywoodedge, Night Ambience Calm PE011801
- Hollywoodedge, Police Whooper Siren CT062101
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Body Hit 1 Thud PE100801
- Hollywoodedge, UH1 Huey Interior Fli AZ012201
- Hollywoodedge, Warning Buzzer Indus PE194401
- SKYWALKER ELECTRICAL POP SOUND
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - LIGHTNING BOLT POWER 03
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SPIELBERG "HEAT RAY" ZAP (Snippets are used for the Giant Eel's surging electricity.)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - CRACKLING EXPLOSION, MEDIUM 01
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - PAC-MAN CHOMPING
- SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - DINOSAUR FOOTSTEPS
- SKYWALKER GROUND SMASHING SOUND (1st half only)
- SKYWALKER ROCK DROPPING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, SIZZLE - QUICK SIZZLE
- SKYWALKER, SNAP - TREE BRANCH BREAKING
- SKYWALKER, THUNDER - RUMBLING
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - BIG WHOOSH ELEMENTS
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, ELEPHANT - INDIAN ELEPHANT TRUMPETING, NO BACKGROUND
- Sound Ideas, BUBBLES, MUD - THICK, GLOPPY MUD BUBBLES, BOIL
- Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - TRUMPET, ANIMAL 01
- Sound Ideas, ICE, IMPACT - LARGE ICE CHUNK CRASHING IMPACTS, VARIOUS 02 (8th impact only.)
- Sound Ideas, WIND - FOREST WIND, LEAVES STIR, WEATHER