The Island

2005 "Your time will come..."
6.8| 2h16m| PG-13| en
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In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.

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Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
Nonureva Really Surprised!
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
babiigiirl-59255 Opened up my mind. Has lots of twist and turns! Deff should watch !
hg-75472 I dont understand how it can be 6/10. Its very underrated. The music harmonizes perfectly with the film.
dandbone I must admit I'm biased and I enjoy dystopia movies. Michael Bay puts a different spin on it. He doesn't want to keep that Blade Runner/THX/1984 atmosphere throughout. He needs to break out and he does it in his own style. So there are car chases, explosions, helicopter crashes and Force assisted stunts. But, I'm not watching Michael Bay's movies for the philosophy. Though there is enough of that. The premise of the movie is based on a common theme in conspiracy theories: that the rich people farm the rest of us, and control every aspect of our lives through what we wear, what we eat, what we see and whom we are allowed to associate with. The clothes can only be white, the food can only be healthy, the view is controlled from a holographic room and you can't touch other people. There are plenty of great special effects and the movie is quite loud. But, the performances of the leads are what's keeping the things together. There is real chemistry between the two leads. I also want to mention Steve Buscemi who is so great at quirky supporting roles.All in all it's a good movie which had the potential to be great had Michael Bay been Ridley Scott.
TheViewerAndReviewer Personally, I rarely watch a film more than once. The likes of The Shawshank Redemption, Terminator 2, Pulp Fiction classics I have watched countless times, and this is a film I've watched on several occasions.The 6.9 rating is quite accurate in regards to the people I know who've seen the film. It's a "good" film and nothing more they say. I think we all have that one film which we seem to enjoy more than the typical audience and for me it's this one.I was intrigued from the onset of the film. The action sequences were brilliant, as expected by Michael Bay. Ewan and Scarlett played their roles great and although the plot wasn't overly complicated; many may say predictable, I thoroughly enjoyed the film and was completely absorbed by the story-line throughout.