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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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexuality and language

Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release:Jul 22, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $35,799,026

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

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Jun 30, 2009

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Product placements are seen as a necessary evil, but do they really have to be constantly seen? The film itself doesn't add up to the sum of its ads.

Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
07/19/05
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

A typical example of Bay's excess...sleek but utterly bombastic and silly.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
07/19/05
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Hokey, retrograde cornpone.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
07/17/05
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

When making a point about the sanctity of life, the argument is so much stronger when all life falls into that category, not just the chosen

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/16/05
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Would I see it again? Maybe I will take my clone. I’m sure he’d like it too.

Full Review Source: Broomfield Enterprise | comment Comment
07/15/05
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi
Broomfield Enterprise

A clone of Ribert Fiveson's 1979 'The Clonus Horror', but is imaginative, gripping, and foretelling.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
07/15/05
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Starts off an aggressively derivative sci-fi thriller, then morphs into an above-average chase melodrama.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
07/14/05
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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In his latest exercise in sensory overkill, producer-helmer Michael Bay takes on the weighty moral conundrums of human cloning, resolving them in a storm of bullets, car chases and more explosions than you can shake a syringe at.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
07/14/05
Justin Chang
Justin Chang
Variety

Easily Michael Bay's most meaningful, well-formed and provocative work.

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07/12/05
Chris Carle
Chris Carle
IGN Movies

A schizoid sci-fi-actioner in which a modest drama about human cloning irritatingly clashes with a typically noisy Michael Bay flick, full of crashes and explosions

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07/11/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

You may have to squint through all the smoke and exploding cars to see them, but trust me, the smarts are there.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
07/11/05
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

The Island is an action packed Sci-Fi adventure that carries all the hallmarks (both good and bad) of your typical Michael Bay movie.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
07/10/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
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