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THE ISLAND
Review by Dana Place
I know this movie is probably going to make a few hundred million dollars and will likely spawn three or four movies that are pretty much identical to it so I should probably end this review with some kind of silver lining. Something I can take away from this film and smile about. The only thing that comes to mind is how incredibly beautiful Scarlett Johansson was in the movie. And for that reason…
BIGFANBOY.com score - On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best, I give THE ISLAND a 2. Visit the official Warner Bros. THE ISLAND movie website by clicking here.
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Lincoln Echo Six (Ewan McGregor) and his best friend Jordan Delta Two (Scarlett
Johansson) live in a Utopian city where they believe they are completely
protected from the rest of the world contaminated by radiation, where
everyone’s ultimate goal is to win a lottery that entitles them to a place on
the “The Island”, supposedly, the only open piece of land in the rest of the
world not contaminated. When Jordan wins the lottery and a trip to the
island, Lincoln finds out that “the island” is actually an organ donation
plant for the outside world and that they are actually clones designed as
replacement parts for other people. Jordan and Lincoln escape their perfect
city and head into the real world to escape the sinister plans of the
corporation holding them, and to confront the people they were designed from,
all the while being chased by a mercenary team trying to bring them home.
This film is a giant mess. The catalyst for the entire movie is a series of
coincidences so farfetched that is hard to get past the first half hour of the
movie. These coincidences just get bigger and more farfetched as they go
along. The twists and turns are like something out of a Scooby-Doo
cartoon and just compound the ridiculousness of the movie. This being an
action movie, you might be able to overlook the plot of the film and just
watch stuff blow up real big, but in this case that doesn’t even work. The
movie depends too much on the plot because there are too few actions scenes in
the film and the one large action sequence is shot in such a way that makes it
hard to follow. Close up shots of cars being destroyed, Strange shots from
inside cars being crushed, it just all came across very cluttered and
unsynchronized. Michael Bay (director) just seems to rehash old car chase
scenes from Bad Boys II, this time with a little experimentation that
doesn’t seem very cohesive. Unfortunately, actors that I have enjoyed in
other films, Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, The Man Who
Wasn’t There), Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave,
Nightwatch), Djimon Honsou (Amistad, ER), and saddest of
all Steve Buscemi (too many to name) and Michael Clarke Duncan (pretty much
anything he is in) are all completely misused in this film and could have
unfortunately all been replaced with any number of actors.
