Island [Blu-ray] |  | Actor: Ewan McGregor
Studio: Warner Asia/Zoom
Category: DVD
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Rating:  349 reviews
Format: Import
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 136 Minutes
ASIN: B002QZPG3I
Release Date: September 15, 2009
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When you add up all the best things about The Island, you might just conclude that there's hope yet for Hollywood's most critically reviled hit-maker, Michael Bay. Recruited by Steven Spielberg to direct this lavish and often breathtaking sci-fi action thriller, Bay rises to the occasion with an ambitious production that is, by his standards (and compared to Bay's earlier hits like The Rock and Armageddon), surprisingly intelligent as it explores the repercussions of cloning in a sealed-off society where humans are cultivated for spare parts, surrogate parenthood, and full-body replacements for wealthy clientele. But when two of the clones (Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johanssen) begin to question their fate and the motives of their keepers, they escape into the real world and The Island becomes just another Michael Bay action extravaganza, albeit an impressively exciting one. With elaborate chase scenes and a high-tech feast of CGI to dazzle the eye, The Island recycles much of the plot from 1979's Clonus while borrowing elements from Logan's Run, Gattaca and Minority Report, and while it's not as smartly conceived as those earlier films, there's no denying that, in many ways, it's Bay's best film to date. --Jeff Shannon
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 349
 Exceptional Science Fiction February 3, 2010
Egalitarian (California, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an exceptional movie, great acting, and tight plot. This will not dissapoint, as it carries various subtle messages so as to lead the viewers in various directions with the plot, making the entire production very entertaining and mentally stimulating.
Cheaper is always better! January 7, 2010
Kyle C. Krukar (New Jersey)
I have been looking forward to this movie on blu-ray for a couple of years now. I read a couple comments here that it was available at the UK Amazon site, so I decided to take a look. I found it on the UK site for 7.99 Euro converted over with shipping was 16 US Dollars. It shipped to me the next day and I received it in 5 days. The picture quality is AMAZING and I even get the satisfaction of having a UK DVD case (ha ha ha). In short, if you want this film on blu-ray go hit up the UK amazon site at www.amazon.co.uk and order it from there... the movie is region free so it will play anywhere.
Go to amazon uk to avoid this crazy price December 20, 2009
M. Flynn
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thanks to a previous reviewer I just bought this on amazon's UK site for $16 shipped. It's region free so it can be played on blu-ray machines bought in the U.S. Amazon.co.uk automatically does the currency conversion for you.
 For people who like action movies and special effects. December 19, 2009
JAG 1 (Massachusetts, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like action movies with stunning special effects than you will probably like "Island".
I went into the movie thinking that it was going to be a very thought-provoking science fiction mind-bender.
While it does contain that aspect, the philosophical concepts are more or less a back drop to the chase, and the rescue, and the CGI effects, which are really the heart of this movie.
Though there is some fine acting and the leading lady is as cute as can be, I just didn't see that much that was interesting about "Island" once the action-sequence was set in motion. As a matter, fact, I found myself getting tired of the clanging and crashing and the suspension of belief as the two main characters single handedly take down a whole infulstructure of people armed with the latest technology and air-tight security. Indeed, by the last half hour, I was more interested in admiring Scarlett Johansen's pretty face and nice body than any other aspect of the chase and rescue (and that is a sad commentary on a movie that is suposed to grab you through other means).
It all depends on what you like. If you want action and special effects then you may like this movie. If you are like me and are more into "thinking" movies about people and their problems, than you probably won't want spend more money buying "island" than you could spend renting it.
 This is horrendous. October 12, 2009
Snake Man (UK)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Where to start? The storyline is unoriginal, the dialogue is feeble, the direction is pathetic, the consistency of plot and dramatic detail absent, the acting neglible.
The film centers on clones 'manufactured' in order to provide body parts to compensate for malfunctioning real humans. It is a silly sensationalist plot. It is something comparable to '1984' or 'Brave New World' but without the originality or intelligence. The finding of bodies in vats inspires no emotion - we have seen this all before, e.g. in the Matrix, big deal!
The unfolding of the plot mainly involves implausible explosions and random killings. One character, who helps the two leads, is shot in broad daylight by supposedly covert clone assassins who are instructed not to draw attention to what is actually going on regarding the company and its illegal cloning techniques. So, I don't understand - a guy that could give them information about the clones and is not resisting they just randomly shoot so as to draw as much attention as possible to what they are doing?
More explosions ensue...more killings of innocent people...more random dialogue...eventually the assassin shoots the 'sponsor' (cloned person) rather than the clone when really he doesn't have to kill anyone - why not shoot him in the leg if you are going to shoot - why go for the heart?
Towards the end we have an Agent Smith vs Neo scene in which McGregor's character responds to being called by his clone name by the evil head honcho by saying "My name is Tom Lincoln". It puzzles me why he should do this since Lincoln (the sponsor) tried to have him killed only moments earlier, why would this be so emotionally relevant?
The acting is appalling - McGregor and Johansson are characteristically bad but Bay makes it impossible for them to be fair. One might understand Megan Fox's recent disgust at Bay's directing based on this film although there is no way I would waste more of my life watching his rubbish. Really this film is unbelieveably poor, I mean it truly defies belief how shabby a film it is.
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