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For this review, we'll be looking at the two-disc combo pack. All three releases include an UltraViolet cloud streaming digital copy of the film. The film comes to Blu-ray with three separate releases – a single disc movie-only version, a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, and a three-disc 3D Blu-ray/BD/DVD combo pack. If you're willing to look past the walls of terrible hovering over the film's strengths, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island should work for you. It's not really trying all that hard to impress, but it does have some decent fantasy-action sequences, some occasionally great CG (the large iguana is the film's best visual) and a fun adventurous spirit filled with some clever and occasionally original ideas. For what it is, Journey 2 delivers a fun, if somewhat muddy, ride. While Guzman might not annoy everyone who sees the film, he's about as frustrating as a character with a broken limb – someone who's drawing the narrative out, while pulling it down at the same time. It's as though the film's producers were worried about Dwayne Johnson's humor falling flat, so they asked Guzman to “ham up” every single scene, and for some inexplicable reason, the editor kept all those scenes in the film. While the other flaws are certainly distracting, the only major bad decision was the overuse of Luis Guzman. But the film does manage to squeeze out just enough action and monster mayhem to keep audiences interested, just don't be surprised if you can't remember anything about the film the next day. The narrative is pretty dumb, offering up plenty of sappy and/or cheesy moments, and characters aren't very well written, nor is the dialogue that inventive or memorable. Never once does the film pretend it isn't some generic assembly-line picture, but that doesn't stop the film's lavish production design from trying to add some visual splendor to the proceedings. It keeps things light and goofy, just like the first film. On a comparative scale, Journey 2 isn't a bad sequel. The rest of the film is filled with the usual awe and wonder, paired with great monsters, fast chases and exciting action. He's played by Michael Caine, who's in the film for much longer than expected, and adds an offbeat, sometimes overstated, charm to every scene. Along the way, they also discover Sean's long-lost grandfather, Alexander. Naturally, not unlike the first film, they wind up finding the island only days before it's about to sink into the ocean. Along for the ride is a helicopter pilot (Guzman) and his hot love interest daughter (Vanessa Hudgens, who feels completely out of place). Instead of Brendan Fraser tagging along (he's not even mentioned here), the film switches things up, with Sean now accompanied by his stepfather Hank (Dwayne Johnson, who knocks it out of the park). The film, a sequel to the 2008 surprise hit Journey to the Center of the Earth, follows Sean Anderson (Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson) as he continues his search for treasures and mysteries using Jules Verne's novels, in this case, The Mysterious Island.