Title:
Journey to the Mysterious Island

Genre:
Adventure/Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Directed by:
Brad Peyton

Starring:
Josh Hutcherson

Release date:
Fri 10, Feb 2012

When the going gets tough, the tough get soppy in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, an old-fashioned, gung-ho adventure based loosely on Jules Verne.

Father figures bond with spirited children, grown men cry and screenwriters Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn shamelessly peddle cliches as the narrative glue between impressively staged set pieces.

Directed with vim by Brad Peyton, this follow-up to the 2008 romp Journey To The Center Of The Earth continues the escapades of plucky teenager Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson), who was handed a book about Atlantis at the end of the first film, neatly sowing the seeds of this slicker sequel. » Read more: Journey to the Mysterious Island