Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush - Part 2

Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush - Part 2 is a 2011 superhero adventure film directed by James Calvin and the second of two films based onto the novel with the same name by Rita Christensen. It is the eighth and final installment in the Jane Hoop Elementary series. Derek Todd and Drake Jones serves and producers, while Brian Clark serves as a writer of both parts. In the film, it follows Danny and his two best friends Rebecca and Alec goes on their journey to get three remaining objects to destroy the Final Rush and defeat Dr. Catwoman once and for all. The film stars Blake Brown as Danny, alongside Amy Tammie as Danny's girlfriend Rebecca and Ben Linkin as his best friend Alec. The supporting cast features with Dakota Fanning, Barbara Timer, Arthur Walters and Nick Jonas. Principal photography wrapped on December 28, 2010, ending eleven years of filming for the franchise Part 2 was released on July 8, 2011 in 2D and 3D theaters.[1] It was also released in IMAX on the same date.

Plot

 * Main article: Plot of the novel

After talking to Alice's grandfather about the Final Rush and Black Buzzers, Danny Gorden, Rebecca Henry and Alec Gutzwiller continue their mission to search for three missing pieces of the Crystal Power hidden in Cincinnati Museum, Winton Woods Park and King's Island. While on a hunt for their first mission at the museum, Danny, Rebecca and Alec were attacked by a dragon. The second piece at Winton Woods is where the gang were attacked by a water monsters. The third and final piece in King's Island, however, is difficult for them to find. While raising more army, Catwoman kidnaps and possessed Heather Woods, Alec's apperently new girlfriend, which sets off to destroy Jane Hoop Elementary. Within Danny's absences, Cory Berning is now in charge of Jane Hoop Elementary and Cincinnati and the base is protected by the forcefield, until it gets into control by Catwoman putting the city in danger. Meanwhile, Alec and Rebecca begins to get close to each other as they two passionly kissed when Danny gets furious. Rebecca erased the memories of what he and Rebecca were doing and Danny knows, to make them to forget. Continuing their mission, they were attacked by possessed Heather who was suspeciously murdered and possessed by Luke. As Alec passionly kissed her, she comes back to normal. The four returned back to Cincinnati where it is now an 24 hour war.

Brooke Brovey, Jessica Humphrey, Ben Junkgunz, Brook Crawford and Cory Jennings are chasing after Catgirl, but is too fast and too powerful to capture until they get distracted by one of the Jane Hoop Elementary members; Cory, Jaquille, Stephanie, Alice and Hunter. Later, Hunter Suggs and Alice sneaks into Catwoman's Base and grabs the Magic Ball. Before they can escape, the two slowly begin to kiss and both can feel the sparks, and they later walked out the Base holding hands. They later joined into the final battle with the superheroes. Too powerful to defeat, Catwoman killed Goldenman. One day later, Danny, Rebecca and Alec eventually leave Cincinnati to Morphin the Power, leaving their teammates left and hopeless. But with Danny planning to give up and fears his parent will die, Alec and Rebecca promises him that they will try as hard as they can. They return to Cincinnati and began to continue, but Catwoman, still is never met to be stopped.

During the final battle, everyone gets injured and killed including both Maria Dawns and Michael Walker. Meanwhile, while Shego Dalma is set to kill Mayor James Watson, Miss Bella Watson rescues him and kills her with the Black Buzzer falling into the ground bleeding heavingly in the back. However, Shadow the Monkeyman furiously transformed into a muscular gorilla taking revenge to Mayor and Miss Watson until he is defeated and killed by Cory rescuing them. Also, while rescuing Hunter, Alec defeated and killed Luke stabbing him in the stomach with the Black Buzzer. Dies on Catgirl's arm, she managed to take revenge on Alec till Rebecca stops her. Slashing and killing her, Alice rescues her by stabbing the Black Buzzer in her back and snaps her neck with she and Rebecca leaving Catgirl dead. Meanwhile, Catwoman blasts with the Black Buzzers on Danny and dies on Rebecca where everyone in Cincinnati cries. Seeing his parents, Robert Foster and David Johnson, they cheer him up beliving that choosen ones never give up. They bring him back to life, he places the Crystal Power into the Fountain Square and has given superpower becoming as powerful as he is. He finally killed Catwoman once and for all with his superpowers and the Black Buzzers at her chest.

Alec and Naudia got back together once again, as Heather now begins dating Jane Hoop Elementary's longtime friend Kirk Waters, who returns from their reality video game. Danny did deafeated evil, but still have to safe the world with the Final Rush has already entered earth as it began to faint away. Danny than stores the pieces of the Crystal Power back together and places them along with the Magic Ball on the Fountain Square, and ended up sacrafice in the Final Rush as the world is now gone. But, it finally works as earth is restored and everyone is safe and finally came to a happy ending. Twelve years later, the members of the Jane Hoop Elementary retired and replaces one of their children to take over incase more evil comes. Right back in their teenage years, Danny, Rebecca, Alec, Cory and Jaquille looked at the Jane Hoop Elementary base one last time before they can go on to their own lives forever.

Cast

 * See also: List of Jane Hoop Elementary cast members


 * Blake Brown as Danny Gorden, a leader of Jane Hoop Elementary.
 * Amy Tammie as Rebecca Henry, Danny's girlfriend.
 * Ben Linkin as Alec Gutzwiller, Danny's best friend.
 * Bart Simpson as Cory Berning, Danny's friend.[3]
 * Bloom Dee as Jaquille Short, Danny's friend.[3]
 * Barbara Blue as Naudia Gorden, Danny's cousin and Alec's girlfriend.
 * Barbara Timer as Dr. Catwoman, the main villain.
 * Dakota Fanning as Catgirl, Catwoman's daughter.[3]
 * Keira Knightley as Belle Lamar, Catwoman's friend.[3]
 * Nick Jonas as Luke Watson, Catgirl's love interest.
 * Joe Jonas as Catboy, Catwoman's son and Catgirl's brother.[3]
 * Arthur Walters as Goldenman, Danny's godfather.[3]
 * Miley Cyrus as Heater Woods, Alec's suspeciously new love interest.
 * George Jones as Mayor James Watson, the mayor president of Cincinnati.[3]
 * Miranda Richardson as Miss. Bella Watson, Mayor's wife.[3]
 * Jami Gertz as Dacia, a worrior who owns Morphin the Power.[3]

Development

 * Main article: Production of Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush

Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush was split into two-parts. It was filmed back-to-back from January 16, 2009 to June 25, 2010 with Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush - Part 1.

Special Effects
Brian Clark states the the serious special effects were used greatful for both parts of The Final Rush. Visual effects department Greg Wilkerson creates a special effect of feet long eagle for the scene where Danny and his friends get attacked by a Giant Eagle in Morphin the Power in Part 1 of The Final Rush. Wilkerson states that he uses CGI to make it look like it moves. The fake Giant Eagle is made from stratch. He and his workers worked for two hours to create a 8 feet long Eagle.

Wilkerson also made scenes of Giant Monsters from Evan's World and Turbo of Catland. Director James Calvin says he's not making a monster movie, so he tries to make a different way to talk and move like a monster. He also says that monsters in Turbo of Catland were big and fat, skinny and muscular while the one's in Turbo of Catland were also big but Muscular. Also, the sea monsters under Evan's posion underwater. He did the same thing to the movie like he did since the previous film. CG graphics for both Giant monsters and sea monsters were used. They painted the Monsters eyes red where the sea monsters has green eyes like they painted since the previous film. He also made CG graphics to Blaze, Marth and their child as well since the previous film.

The film will be having not one but two different dragons in both parts. Wilkerson has done CG works for making a dragon that it painted red for scene where Miley Cyrus' character gets attacked, and also another dragon where Danny battles was the same thing he have done since The Magic Ball. That dragon is painted pink where Catwoman granted a wish from the Magic Ball.

On August 2009, the film is originally going to have older actors to play older character, but fired them to use the main actors instead to look like adults. On October 30, 2009, Brown states that the film will be including younger villains playing by teenager/young adult actors. Film writer Brian Clark states states that they're will be special effects for the main actors who are looking in their mid 20s, to make their voices sound a bit older than their teenage years.

Music
Dan Wilson asking to reprises as Score writer of the film,[3] and James Calvin loves as he will return once again as director of the film,[3] while Ted Wilson, may be confirming to start coming back writing the film's Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush - Part 2 soundtrack, but the statment of his return has yet to be confirmed till the end of the year. On August 19, 2009, Dan Wilson signed up to return as composer of the motion picture soundtrack, but on September 10, 2009, his brother Ted Wilson will not return, because of planning to do other projects like Best Friends Forever: The Movie.

On September 18, 2009, Reba Ortiz will be composing along with Wilson for the film's soundtrack, after droped out from Best Friends Forever: The Movie by Wilson's brother. After a couple of years of retirement, Kim Dawson decided to return for the film score, replacing Dan Wilson, as the statement of her schedule has become a success.[1] But was unable to, as of January 24, 2010, due to Dawson died from fatal car accident.[1] Wilson began recording the soundtrack in early July, 2010.[1] It was revelead that Part 1 is set to release on July 5, 2011.[1]

Marketing
The film's production budget is an additional $125 million. Within both parts has the same, gives them both a total of $250 million. A new trailer for Part 2 was seen in theaters before the release of Thor on May 6, 2011 as well as online. A teaser poster for the film was released on March 30, 2011, showing Danny and Catwoman's hands, without the film's title and the tagline reads "The End Begins 7.8", which is release date of the film's release in theaters. Starting on April 18, ABC Family will be airing the first five films as well as the first look for Part 2 during it's ABC Family Springbreak Weekend Marathon. The trailer for the film was released on May 6, 2011. The character posters were released on Facebook featuring characters being covered in blood. An IMAX trailer was released in front of an IMAX Super 8 on June 10, 2011.

On June 5, 2011, Blake Brown, Amy Tammie and Ben Linkin released a clip for the film at the MTV Movie Awarads, featuring Danny about to sacrifice himself from Catwoman because she wanted him to die. Danny pulls her off the bridge with him. A new exclusive clip will be aired on ABC Family from June 29 to July 3, 2011, with a marathon of the first five Jane Hoop Elementary films.

On June 11, eleven posters featuring Danny, Rebecca, Alec, Cory, Jaquille, Mayor, Miss. Watson, Goldenman, Catwoman, Catgirl and Luke were released featuring with tagline "The End Begins 7.8". On June 16, two more posters were released featuring the heroes (Danny, Rebecca and Alec) and the villains (Catwoman, Shego and Monkeyman).

The second trailer (and final Jane Hoop Elementary theatrical trailer) was released on June 21, 2011 at 7:00 pm.

On June 29, a new featurette talking about where the characters left off was released. On June 30, a clip from the film was released featuring Danny, Rebecca and Alec fighting with two unknown army.

Release
On April 22, 2011, a test screening for the film was held with director James Calvin and producers Brian Clark and Derek Todd made their attendances. The second part will be released worldwide on July 8, 2011, eight months after Part 1.The film will be the first film to be released in 3D theaters. It was originally set to release in 3D, but was later to be released in regular and IMAX theaters. However, the plan was revamped that it will be released in 3D after all. The film will be the franchise's first film ever to release in Dolby 7.1 surround sound.

On June 3, one month before the film's release, tickets went on sale, and went to break records. The world premiere will be held in New York City on June 30, 2011, a week before the film's release, and a day later after the first book's 20th anniversary. The United Kingdom world premiere was held in London on July 4, 2011.

The film's runtime is 128 minutes, making it the shortest Jane Hoop Elementary film.

The film opened in 4,100 midnight theaters and 1,658 3D theaters. Nationwide, the film played 4,453 theaters, 2,768 3D theaters, and 292 IMAX theaters beginning on July 8. The film opens in 95 foreign markets beginning on July 7, within opening in 9,000 3D and 432 IMAX theaters worldwide.

Critical reaction

 * Main article: Critical response to the Jane Hoop Elementary films

The film has gotten early postive reviews. Carter Dicky, who reviewd Part 1 early, also praised Part 2 early stating: "this is the best Jane Hoop Elementary movie I've have ever saw in my entire life." and gives it 5 out of 5 stars. Rotten Tomatoes ranked as the best rating of the franchise with 91% beating The Magic Ball.

Also, 80% for the Top Critic and Materic of 64 reviews. However, the Yahoo! Movie give the movie an graded A basic on 12 reviewers.[1]

The Guardian reviewer Charles Murphy wrote a postive review and ranks 3.5/5 stars. He praises on the actor's performances, film background, plot summary and storyline. The Hollywood Reporter's Kyle Richards states "the best one yet, and the perfect Jane Hoop Elementary ending." Steve Williams praised a postive review stating on the performances of Dakota Fanning is quite outrangous and Miley Cyrus' performances is quite dramatic. Dustin Washington enjoyed the film stating it: "The best movie of 2010 so far, and also the one of the best films in the world."

Alison Johnson of UK The Daily Telegraph praised: "This is all a much better franchise than The Twilight Saga and Harry Potter." The Los Angeles Times reporter Angela Lenhoff praised on the performances of Miley Cyrus stating: "Cyrus' character is acting like a spoil little bitch, but Cyrus herself acts so dramatic with her." The Hollywood Reporter Sally Radcliffe praised it positive saying the film "kills it." The Guardian publisher Amanda Bradford gave it a positive rating of 5.5 out of 5 stating: "this is the best film in the Jane Hoop Elementary film franchise so far."

Box office
Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush: Part 2 became the second biggest midnight gross of all-time grossing approxamtely $28 million behind The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, but it was, however, the biggest opening for the franchise since Part 1, which made $25 million.

The film grossed approxamately $69 million on it's opening day, topping 2011 and the franchise, and was the second biggest opening day of all-time behind The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which made $72 million. It than grossed an estimated total of $145.7 million, becoming the biggest opening of 2011, the franchise, and the second biggest opening of July behind The Dark Knight ($158 million), and was the third biggest opening of all-time behind The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 ($151 million).

Overseas, the film topped the franchise which it became the biggest opening ever beating Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides grossing $269 million, giving its worldwide total to $414 million, becoming the biggest worldwide opening of all-time and the first to gross $400 million in three days beating Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million).

As of July 10, the film grossed $145,800,000 domestically, within $269,000,000 overseas as of July 10, for a total of $414,800,000 worldwide.