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The Island

The Island

2005
Drama
Sci-fi
2h 16m
Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. He hopes to be chosen to go to "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet...
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The Island

2005
Drama
Sci-fi
2h 16m
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Rated 17 Feb 2013
38
8th
The Blade Runner of our generation. God, I hate our generation.
Rated 22 Nov 2011
47
24th
I found this film to be completely unbelievable. No, not because of the ridiculous premise. I just can't believe that in a world where Scarlett Johansson can be cloned, they only make one.
Rated 09 May 2008
30
12th
Scarlett is hot. Everything else sucks.
Rated 23 Aug 2008
15
1st
Bay's greatest sin? So many to choose from. Here he takes a large dump (Bay patented) on an excellent sci-fi premise by turning it into loud explosions & loud chase scenes. "Loud is key, people!" Bay brays. Movies like this assume they can give audiences LESS substance as long they zip past things fast enough so we won't notice. I do notice. Just b/c they get teens to say "COOL!" 50x doesn't mean it's any good. I thought its relative failure might mean less future junk. Damn you, Transformers!
Rated 22 Aug 2016
78
40th
Michael Bay remakes "Parts: The Clonus Horror" and it's... not as awful as that sounds. Mediocre, sure, but not awful. I know! I'm shocked too!
Rated 19 Jan 2010
74
68th
Nice film with a good structure. I especially liked the dark atmosphere in it, but I have to admit that there are some flaws in the story. The end was one big cliched "saw that coming from miles away" kind of end so that wasn't too good too. But this film could interest me and grabbed my attention for the most of it.
Rated 09 Oct 2013
4
22nd
The Island on first viewing was reasonably enjoyable. But after watching it a second time I have realised its true to form Michael Bay bollocks. The whole film just feels like a good idea with so much potential that was sadly handed to Michael Bay to direct. Despite being strong on paper, Michael Bay as per fails to get the best out of his cast. Over top and bombastic CG can't make up for the weak script and plot holes. Strong cast and concept on paper, but still remarkably forgettable and dull.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
6th
The main characters are bred to have the maturity of a fifteen year old. That pretty much sums it up.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
10th
A wannabe high-concept movie that brings too much brainless action to be high-concept and too much high-concept to be brainless.
Rated 10 Feb 2011
45
36th
The moral ambiguities of cloning as well as the philosophical and spiritual questions imposed in this film, to say nothing of the obvious and impending urgency of the issues raised as real life catches up with and surpasses this sci-fi drama, are handled with as awe-inspiring and mind-blowing intelligence and as shrewd intellectual suave as you'd expect from Michael Bay.
Rated 04 Jul 2009
63
30th
A typical Michael Bay action movie disguised as an intelligent thriller. It provides plenty of well-directed action in the second-half, but this also ruins the development of the complex ideas that were touched upon at the beginning of the movie. Thus results in a fun but fairly stupid movie.
Rated 07 May 2007
40
11th
Not a bad premise, but full of cliches, product placement, plot holes, as well as stock romance and action scenes. Many things here have been also done before, in films such as Blade Runner and Sexmission.
Rated 15 Mar 2012
50
25th
The first half of this movie wasn't too bad. I enjoy a good utopian/dystopian story, even if it isn't very original. However, the second half ruined everything by becoming a typical shitty Michael Bay action movie. The dialogue was hideous. The humour and one-liners made me cringe. The music was lame and predictable. The Microsoft product placement was embarrassing. The biggest reason to watch this film for me was the actors. However, they couldn't push past the bad screenplay and direction.
Rated 13 Jan 2008
32
19th
i'd really want to know how much it cost to place the "MSN" in that movie ...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
53rd
Rather stupid but with lots of great action and set pieces. Really missed opportunity.
Rated 13 Apr 2011
35
23rd
I thought it was a cool idea for a movie, just a shame Michael Bay directed it which basically results for one big shit-storm.
Rated 10 Jun 2009
70
59th
Scarlett is sexy, as is Ewan I guess(??), but the story is a bit thin. Watch out for Buscemi!
Rated 11 May 2008
48
17th
Begins with some interesting concepts but breaks down into a stupid Michael Bay flick. Could have been better without Bay directing and Kurtzman writing.
Rated 23 Aug 2014
7
17th
SOME island!
Rated 01 Sep 2011
61
39th
Like a shitty version of Logan's Run. I did like watching it when I first saw it, but as a teenager I may have been distracted...by Scarlett Johansson...and her boobs.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
1st
One of the only two movies I ever walked out of, after paying 12 bucks to see. Scarlett Johanson's bust and puffy lips were on the screen enough of the time to pursuade me to stay. Also, Michael Bay is a known anal rapist.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
37th
It goes from potentially great to common fare Michael Bay popcorn nonsense after about a half an hour. What could have been a very smart movie about the cruelty of human towards one another turned out to be a mindless actioner. Michael Bay has dumb priorities, I suppose. Meh!
Rated 29 Dec 2007
37
21st
*fart noise*
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
24th
This movie had some good ideas and some good action, but some of the product placement really snapped me out of it. I had to laugh every time a label was obviously shown.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
69
42nd
Better-than-average sci-fi fare, and more than I expected from Michael Bay, that is until you realize you're seeing two movies pasted together at the halfway mark. It's not all that bad. One of the films is bound to entertain you.
Rated 02 Oct 2021
40
18th
Around the 100-minute mark, I started to realize this all just felt like a collection of scenes. I guess that's what a film is -- a collection of scenes -- but usually there's something interesting tying them all together. It also doesn't help that this may be the worst offender of 2000s cinematography -- overly saturated with lens flares and ugly colouring. Steve Buscemi, always the professional, gives it his all in his brief time here.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
1st
Michael Bay really pisses me off. I was so annoyed after seeing this movie not because it was so bad, but because it had so much potential! This was such a good premise, with very good actors and a good script. But the retarded director decided to have fun and create a horrible, horrible movie. I am not trying to be one of the "anti-Hollywood explosions suck" kind of guy, but Michael Bay is really bad. No one would argue that he has no understanding of what makes a good movie, but in this mov
Rated 15 Dec 2006
35
22nd
-10 points for ripping off Clonus. Come on, can't you do better than steal ideas from movies lampooned in MST3K?
Rated 26 May 2007
40
17th
Scarlett Johansen is the only reason to watch this movie.
Rated 31 Jul 2008
65
37th
I really liked the idea of the plot (however it is in many ways a copy of Huxley's Brave New World), but the movie could be so much better. I really hated to see the silly acting of Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson; actors who I'm supposed to like in most other movies. I guess Michael Bay is to blame.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
50th
One of the most frustrating examples of product placement in modern film.
Rated 07 Mar 2014
75
67th
Maybe my favorite Michael Bay movie. That still doesn't lend it a whole lot of credibility but I really liked this one. Solid acting and interesting sci-fi script.
Rated 11 Feb 2011
40
29th
Sex? What is that? Next scene BANG!! They were totally on it.
Rated 30 Aug 2016
59
58th
So bloated I was fast-forwarding *through a Scarlett Johansson sex scene*, The Island is about three chase scenes too long. Bay remains a fantastic composer of shots but this movie is overlong by just enough to sink it.
Rated 02 Sep 2008
41
16th
A really-dumb-trying-to-be-a-thinker's movie that comes off looking like a 2-hour 'eau de toilet' ad. Just because it's flashy certainly does not mean it has substance.
Rated 05 Jan 2015
5
7th
constant silly camera angles and movements, crowded frames with rubbish, explosions, junk dialogue, terrible & tasteless melodramatic new-age music and scenes, ruining of an otherwise potentially promising scenario -if not stolen-, shameless product placements - yes, hallmarks of a Michael Bay film, as they say.
Rated 18 Dec 2017
50
21st
This film includes the line "There is an island... it's us" which has, in the 12 years since I first heard it, held its place as the single greatest source of second-hand embarrassment I've experienced in a movie theater (and I've seen a teenager come back from the toilet and sit with the wrong family)
Rated 26 Jul 2009
48
42nd
The idea was ok, but the acting wasn't that good. The action scenes were actually quite boring and they chase scenes were never ending. Too many commercials products were used. It was rediculous
Rated 22 Apr 2008
30
7th
Michael Bay does it again.
Rated 20 Oct 2011
10
9th
"All Michael Bay movies are evil." - Keith Uhlich
Rated 11 Feb 2007
25
17th
It's ok for about 30 minutes. Then it throws all it's potential to the winds and decides to become the most generic action flick ever.
Rated 06 May 2010
45
3rd
The plot-idea at the centre of this movie is interesting, but that doesn't really help when your way of developing it is to blow up lots of stuff and have people running around without rime or reason for almost two hours. The setup never feels real and we never get into it as a credible life before the "veil is lifted."
Rated 13 Aug 2007
40
7th
Michael Bay's best film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
18th
It had a lot going for it, but unfortunately Michael Bay strikes again.
Rated 27 Aug 2010
60
29th
A great concept that is bogged down by emphasis on all the wrong things: chase scenes, violence, and product placement. In other words, "Thanks for screwing up another movie, Michael Bay."
Rated 29 Apr 2009
25
4th
Bad movie with very few things going for it.
Rated 31 Mar 2010
85
48th
cool idea and decent acting, scarlett johanson is a dime, decent action
Rated 11 Feb 2009
10
6th
How I hate you, Michael Bay.
Rated 23 Feb 2009
65
40th
Good but a rip off of so many things, A Handmaiden's Tale, Logan's Run, 1984 and so on... But entertaining none the less.
Rated 15 Jan 2007
80
42nd
Shiny and with pretty people. I love The Sland!
Rated 28 Apr 2008
72
50th
Plain action. Scarlet is always a joy for the eye.
Rated 28 Sep 2008
70
21st
A lot better than most people say it is. Sure, there's some (actually, a lot.) of product placement, but it's Michael "Everything Explodes" Bay. Those explosions cost money, people! I also liked the whole *SPOILERS* clone twist.
Rated 01 Mar 2010
83
72nd
Brutal muvie...I just hope I'm old school home made ;)
Rated 28 Mar 2009
25
4th
It would've pulled me in a bit more if it weren't for the many stupid, distracting, cacophonous, strident action scenes... then again, it *is* a Michael Bay film, what did I expect? *sigh* I couldn't stand watching it 'til the end (and there aren't many films in which I've done that.) Such a rip-off of many other -and better!- dystopian films/books.
Rated 28 Apr 2008
80
76th
i like her!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
11th
Mmmm. Micheal Baytacular. Except it just doesn't seem to be as much fun anymore.
Rated 26 Mar 2008
70
37th
You can always count on Michael Bay to make a fun, action filled movie. Visually stunning, incredible stunts and great CGI.
Rated 13 Oct 2009
30
0th
There are films of certain directors that really challenge your mind. Thinking in a M. Bay movie will only hurt your brain.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
28th
This wasn't as bad as the critics said it was. I thought it was one of the better action films of late.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
41st
Very entertaining, although some parts of the sci-fi were almost impossible to believe.
Rated 13 Nov 2011
40
31st
The Island is a film that would have been better off sticking to one of its two means of telling a story. Did it want to be a straight-up action film, or did it want to be a science fiction picture about what "real" is? The result is a mixture of both, neither working quite as well as it should, and the film never comes together as a whole. It's still entertaining, but its forgettable and pretty easy to ignore. I had a decent time with it, but I doubt I'll remember it in a few days time.
Rated 12 May 2015
5
29th
Growing organs is an interesting idea, to think you could fart from another person's colon.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
52nd
Way cooler than I thought it would be.
Rated 27 Nov 2007
84
80th
Interesting story with an uninteresting ending.
Rated 19 Feb 2010
90
94th
Great action love story... the score is amazing
Rated 17 Jul 2023
55
61st
don't remember it
Rated 20 Jan 2013
56
34th
The least dumb Michael Bay movie there is?
Rated 29 Dec 2006
38
7th
A movie with too many plot holes for its interesting premise to take flight, it is dragged further down by Johansson's "acting" and McGregor's "accent."
Rated 01 Feb 2009
70
20th
Michael Bay's most intriguing movie, if only because of the engaging first act stolen from a much more earnest (if low budget) Parts: The Clonus Horror. Bay actually takes a stab at creating characters instead of sweaty muscled catchphrase machines, which only partially succeeds.
Rated 19 Mar 2013
70
68th
Cheesy Michael Bay rehash of a plot already explored with more subtlety: count the times you hear Michael Bay put "Hold on" or "Trust me!" into the script. Cool Michael Bay special effects and Scarlett beef this score up shamefully high. Michael Bay.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
70
58th
It was alright, what can I say. Kind of mediocre and a little over-dramatic, with a bad casting choice in the form of Ewen McGregor. Definitely an interesting premise, but they just couldn't pull through with enough substance to back it up. A half-decent watch, but it felt like something was missing.
Rated 24 Nov 2021
73
44th
Largely derided at the time by critics unable to overlook the serious drama tags then associated with the leads, but on its own terms a slick popcorn action-thriller. I mostly enjoyed seeing two talented actors cutting loose with a bonkers action movie director in an era where it wasn't just an accepted thing done on the reg. I excised a bunch of points in the off-chance that teenage me was *slightly* swayed by the post-LiT ScarJo crush. One day I'll dare to see how much hormones did me stupid.
Rated 18 Feb 2018
80
85th
I liked this. Good cast, pretty good story.
Rated 22 Dec 2013
40
17th
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 01 Sep 2020
71
81st
It's a fun movie that sorts of drop its substance toward the end when the action starts. Mostly because it swaps from a suspense dystopia mood to some big boom boom movie, and that gives a bit of whiplash. The product placement hilariously badly aged, but the technology and special effects still holds up pretty well. Though for oblivious people made out of civilians, the two main characters are waaay too good at survival...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
32
3rd
I hope ScarJo and Ewan got paid a lot to be associated with this dreck.
Rated 01 Jun 2008
90
60th
Really crazy movie. In a good way.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
65
8th
Like watching two totally different movies but both were pretty to look at.
Rated 04 Dec 2006
65
9th
better avarage
Rated 26 Nov 2008
100
85th
Top Sci-Fi Thriller mit toller besetzung und genialer Story! Hat mir sehr gut gefallen!
Rated 02 Jan 2020
70
17th
Great potential but sadly not seized. The film is so full of plot holes and illogicalities (please that be a word). But I guess it was a good time waster and fun infuser as you need that also from time to time, especially in emotionally harder periods of life (watched around 18.11.2019 - love you A.L.) when you feel that you can't take serious or harder movies.
Rated 15 May 2008
50
26th
I thought the movie was pretty sucky, but my husband made me rank it higher because of ScarJo in that tighty whitey outfit.
Rated 11 Jul 2008
40
13th
Fantastic use of product placement!
Rated 21 Sep 2010
62
30th
The central plot is interesting enough, but Bay is incapable of crafting it effectively.
Rated 19 Jan 2013
80
40th
I think I'd enjoy this more if it was directed by someone else, Bay's look feels a little out of place here. Good casting, enjoyable story.
Rated 31 Aug 2007
80
49th
This is really really good up until they leave the complex then it turns into meh...
Rated 24 Oct 2010
3
74th
Michael Bay at his most restrained, least Michael Bayish... until the second half which turns into your standard chase movie. It's well-shot and painfully dumb, but that's fine.
Rated 18 Oct 2007
40
10th
Decent first half. But the rest is typical Michael Bay crap!
Rated 07 Oct 2010
30
7th
Terrible, loud, boring and riddled with plot holes the size of Texas. Can't expect much more from Michael Bay
Rated 08 Sep 2011
80
34th
surprisingly good
Rated 21 Aug 2008
75
21st
Entertaining, but it would have been so much better had it explored the concept rather than turning into a big budget action film.
Rated 22 Sep 2008
48
23rd
It's a good idea and the modern sets look nice but it gets very silly both action- and dialogue-wise.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
4
13th
How many movies does this thing rip-off? I can't count that high.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
31
14th
It's a shame. It could have been good.
Rated 09 Apr 2009
50
34th
Michael Bay's only midly interesting flick, while all the others are just full of giant stunts and seemingly nothing else, this one tries to have a storyline and actual acting. Which is good.
Rated 02 Jun 2008
39
27th
Interesting concept, but full of plot holes. Could have been much more interesting.
Rated 23 Jan 2009
30
18th
Stupid, stupid and stupid. Both actors are pretty, but stupid movie
Rated 25 Jan 2010
40
14th
The beginning showed promise, but the last half is "typical Michael Bay". If only someone else would have done this story, it would have had a chance to be worthwhile.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
67th
A totally enjoyable action movie. The plot has more holes than swiss cheese, but it was worth the 2 hours just to sit back and have the movie unfold. Say what you want about Michael Bay, but the man can film an action movie. And, oh my god, enough with the product placement.
Rated 14 Nov 2015
85
26th
I really like this concept. One of the few Michael Bay movies I enjoy.

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