Only in a fantasy-adventure world could the pairing of Michael Caine and The Rock (also known by his “acting name” of Dwayne Johnson) exist without the entire universe collapsing into itself.  Throw Vanessa Hudgens into the mix and the result is the mind-boggling existence of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. As this is the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Rock finally gets to once again enjoy Brendan Fraser’s seconds, however sloppy they may be.

There. Now you don't need to sit through the movie. If you just must, though, Journey 2 is released 3 February in the UK

Josh Hutcherson, the lone returning cast-member from the first instalment, reprises his role of Sean Anderson, teenage adventurer.  His mother (now played by Sex and the City’s Kristin Davis) has been shackin’ up with the beefy Hank (Johnson), who has been struggling to connect with her son.  Then one fateful evening, Hank helps Sean to crack a cryptogram revealing a message the boy believes to be from his grandfather, a “Vernian”, someone who believes that author Jules Verne’s stories were not so fictitious after all.  A bit of hullabaloo later Sean and Hank are on their way to the south Pacific, where they believe Verne’s Mysterious Island is actually located.  After meeting helicopter pilot Gabato (Luis Guzman, in full buffoon mode) and his unexpectedly beautiful daughter (Hudgens) the foursome are soon tossed into the eye of a hurricane and washing up on the coast of a very mysterious island indeed.  Too soon after their arrival, the group is rescued from certain doom by Sean’s grandfather, a very John Hammond-esque Alexander (Caine).  Serious troubles arise when Hank determines that Alexander has miscalculated the submergence cycle of the island and in a matter of days the entire island will be swallowed up by the ocean.  With no way off the island, Sean again turns to the writings of Verne in order to escape a watery grave.
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