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Surely the silliest outing for Caine since he swatted rampaging killer bees in the 1978 disaster flick "The Swarm."
Offers giant rocks clearly made of Styrofoam and Dwayne Johnson, who fits the same description.
I swear some of the giant, Day-Glo vegetation had "Property of 'Lost in Space'" stamped on it.
The equivalent of throwing "Jurassic Park," "Avatar" and the absolute worst episode ever of "Land of the Lost" in a blender and pushing "garble."
The Mysterious Island is everything a 12-year-old boy could want - endless adventure involving a reckless adolescent hero, with a pretty girl in a clinging T-shirt around to watch him struggle.
Panders to the kiddies, caters to the teens, and tosses in a loser-ethnic-sidekick. The shrugging tone of this 21st-century sabotage of the original novel is summed up by this slogan masquerading as dialogue: 'It's Jules Verne, man-ya gotta believe.'
Falls far short of cinematic art but goes down pretty well with a box of popcorn and modest expectations.
Feeding this to a young mind should count as a chargable offense.
It's all a bit silly. But Journey 2 does have the uncomplicated charm of those ancient mid-budget epics in which Doug McClure narrowly avoided being eaten by Pterodactyls.
Utterly disposable and -- apart from Dwayne Johnson's 'pec pop of love' -- almost immediately forgettable.
Silly, colorful, harmless and fun.
The visual effects are as artificial as the genially preposterous story, but the movie is all in fun, and painless for grownups.
It lost me at the bees. 'Journey 2: The Mysterious Island' is kinda/sorta based on the writings of Jules Verne, in a similar vein as its predecessor, 'Journey to the Center of the Earth.'
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is as clumsy and clunky as its title.
With only occasionally awesome CGI, it's destined to thrive when it comes out on DVD.
... everybody seems to be having fun ...
It's only mediocre, and there are many reasons why it could have been far worse than that.
A good cast and an enjoyable adventure equals solid family viewing.
A lack of inspiration permeates every foot of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island's frame.
'I used to serve in the Navy,' Rock explained, by which he meant the Village People song of the same name.
A big ol' shrug of the shoulders, that's what it gets from me.
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