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The Island (2005)
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Reviews Counted:180
Fresh:72
Rotten:108
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: A clone of THX 1183, Coma, and Logan's Run, The Island is another loud and bombastic Michael Bay movie where explosions and chases matter more than characters, dialogue, or plot.
Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Michael Bay ("Armageddon," "Pearl Harbor") directs the futuristic action thriller "The Island," starring Ewan McGregor ("Star Wars: Episodes I, II & III," "Moulin Rouge!") and Scarlett Johansson... Michael Bay ("Armageddon," "Pearl Harbor") directs the futuristic action thriller "The Island," starring Ewan McGregor ("Star Wars: Episodes I, II & III," "Moulin Rouge!") and Scarlett Johansson ("Lost in Translation," "Girl With a Pearl Earring"). Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island"—reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet—until he makes a terrible discovery that everything about his existence is a lie…and that he is actually more valuable dead than alive. Together with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson), Lincoln makes a daring escape to the outside world he's never known. Now, with the forces of the institute that once housed them relentlessly hunting them down, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a desperate race for their lives. Rounding out the main cast of "The Island" are Oscar® nominee Djimon Hounsou ("In America," "Gladiator") as the leader of the security team pursuing Lincoln and Jordan; Sean Bean ("National Treasure," "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy) as the head of the Institute; Steve Buscemi ("Ghost World," "Armageddon") as a man who befriends Lincoln despite working for the institute; and Oscar® nominee Michael Clarke Duncan ("The Green Mile," "Armageddon") as another resident who is elated and envied when he is selected to go to "The Island." Michael Bay directed "The Island" from a screenplay by Caspian Tredwell-Owen and Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, based on a story by Tredwell-Owen. Walter F. Parkes, Michael Bay and Ian Bryce produced the film, with Laurie MacDonald serving as executive producer. "The Island" is a co-production of DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, with DreamWorks distributing the film domestically and Warner Bros. handling the international release. -- © Dreamworks [More]
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan
Director: Michael Bay
Director: Michael Bay
Screenwriter: Robert Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Caspian Tredwell-Owen
Story: Caspian Tredwell-Owen
Producer: Walter F. Parkes, Michael Bay, Ian Bryce, Laurie MacDonald
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution LLC
Reviews for The Island
The closest thing so far to a good Michael Bay film [but] whatever cautionary or entertainment value The Island may have must be considered stolen goods.
A typical run-and-chase Bay-a-thon before morphing into a Polyphonic Spree video at the very end.
Predictably bloated with Michael Bay's trademark bombast and migraine-inducing excess.
Only Michael Bay would remake a 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' movie."
The Island boasts a neat sci-fi story, but director Michael Bay can't help but blow that up, too
...brilliant...a good, highly entertaining movie with a laudable moral on a controversial issue. Kudos to Michael Bay, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks for making this film.
While this isn't top flight science fiction, at least it is real science fiction.
Michael Bay’s The Island is actually two films with vastly different styles struggling for possession of the screen.
The Island is the sort of movie that gives science fiction a bad name.
Michael Bay finally accepts the challenge of an intelligent script. He doesn’t screw it up.
To say that The Island is Michael Bay’s best movie to date is more than a backhanded compliment, particularly for discriminating moviegoers
Unless you like watching destruction, you could easily leave after the first hour and miss nothing important. You know how it will end.
If you can turn off your brain, The Island is one of the more enjoyable movies this summer.
I loved it...you get your money's worth, and there's actually a story in there with all the pants-pooping excitement.
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