USA Today
Possessing no new ideas, it reworks and borrows from such films as "Blade Runner," "The Matrix" and "Logan's Run."
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The Island (2005)
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson lead Michael Bay's action sci-fi set in the near future of 2019 where residents of a confined facility wait in hope that they'll be chosen to go to a supposed utopia called The Island. However, someone is about to discover its true, darker purpose...
2005Rating: M, Moderate violence, infrequent coarse language, mature theme136 minsUSA
ActionScience Fiction
- Director:
- Michael Bay ('Transformers', 'The Rock', 'Pain & Gain')
- Writer:
- Caspian Tredwell-OwenAlex KurtzmanRoberto Orci
- Cast:
- Ewan McGregorScarlett JohanssonDjimon HounsouSean BeanSteve BuscemiMichael Clarke Duncan
The Island (2005) / Reviews
The Washington Post
The best thing about The Island is this: Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson...
Full reviewRoger Ebert
The first half of Michael Bay's new film is a spare, creepy science fiction parable, and then it shifts into a high-tech action picture. Both halves work.
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