The Island
Directed by:
Michael BayCinematography:
Mauro FioreComposer:
Steve JablonskyCast:
Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ethan Phillips, Brian Stepanek, Siobhan Flynn (more)VOD (1)
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Lincoln Six-Echo (Ewan 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 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. He and all the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones whose only purpose is to provide "spare parts" for their original human counterparts. Together with a beautiful resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Scarlett Johansson), Lincoln makes a daring escape to the outside world he has never known. Now, with the forces of the institute that once housed them relentlessly hunting them down, led by head of security, Laurent (Djimon Hounsou), Lincoln and Jordan engage in a desperate race for their lives. (Warner Bros. AU)
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When I thought, after the second Miserables, that Michael had permanently drowned in his action-comedy mannerisms, I couldn't have been more wrong. Orci and Kurtzman wrote him a script that suited him perfectly and although it's a timid prequel compared to Transformers, the futuristic romance is worth it. Ewan McGregor excels in a role that could finally elevate him to the absolute top class (but due to the mentioned box office failures, we didn't get to see it this time either), the rest of the actors support him at a distance, but skillfully. Perhaps it could have spent a little less time before burning the point, but the action in the second half lifts the film completely somewhere else.
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For me, Michael Bay's best film, which is just short of perfection. It's a great blend of sci-fi, drama and action, all spiced up with a touch of romance. It's all accompanied by an incredible soundtrack, composed by the until recently unknown to me Steve Jablonsky. The plot was absolutely meticulously thought out and I didn't get lost at all. The visual effects were carefully done and convincing. In short, this a very good film with an original and unorthodox theme, it could have benefited from a shorter running time, but even that was bearable.
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I don't like Michael Bay and after watching the film "The Island", that hasn't changed much. I've always liked "The Incredibles", but that's about it. "The Island" has an interesting concept and that's about it. Bay tried to make something that could be called utopian sci-fi, where the social criticism should work primarily. It mainly works on the action level because that's what Bay enjoys. It's noticeable. Everything else is just a big bubble to make the film longer than two hours. A good idea fragmented into an unbelievably long boredom.
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Gorgeous Bruckheimer-style camera filters, swooping shots, and overhead views – basically everything that Michael Bay can offer us. The Island is visually stunning, full of gloss, light, and thrilling action. At the same time, it is philosophically and narratively the most sophisticated film by this creator.
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A weaker 4 stars. Definitely not because Bay made a swashbuckling actioner out of stuff someone else would have made Blade Runner out of -). More because I kind of got lost in it at times, and if the camera had stayed still for a moment I wouldn't have minded at all. Otherwise, probably the most logical lapses I've seen recently.
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