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| Value for Money | 5.3/10  |
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| Overall rating | 6.3/10 |
Read and write reviews of The Island, the psychological thriller starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. This project from Michael Bay is tipped to send the pulses racing as it is a brings together a combination of science fiction and psychological suspense. As well as showcasing the talents of McGregor and Johansson, the film also stars the highly rated Steve Buscemi and Michael Clarke Duncan.
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Full review by
ZackMan
on 23rd Dec 2005
User Rating : 7
Respect :
+1
Good Points: Good visual effects Cool idea
Bad Points: Lacks story Shallow
General comments: I have never read The Island book, so I cannot compare it to the movie. So I will just make a few statements about the movie.
The movie had some cool scenes like big explosions and fast car chases, but the general movie was somewhat shallow. It was lacking something that I just can't put my finger on, but when you get up at the end of this movie, you really don't leave with the thought "That was a good movie".
I think one of the downfalls in it was that 75% of the movie was the two main characters running from the bad guys. It very rarely let up from the chase scenes. I have to say though, that the movie did start out with a pretty interesting aspect that they could have made into a good movie, but overall this movie flunked.
ZackMan's review and ratings | 151 words
Review by
britcitchris
on 21st Aug 2005
User Rating : 8
Respect :
0
Loosely based on the sublime book "Spares" by Michael Marshall Smith, The Island is the story of one man's quest to discover the real but hidden world. Realizing he is just a clone for spare parts, he escapes his artificial world and embarks upon a journey to find his real counter part, taking a female friend (and clone) with him.
Director Michael Bay (Armageddon,The Rock)keeps the action thick and fast and there's a car chase that's almost as exciting as the one in Matrix:Reloaded. Disapp ...
britcitchris's full review | 228 words
Review by
Timix1
expert review 
on 8th Aug 2005
User Rating : 4
Respect :
0
Last year, in one of TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE's side-splitting musical segments, director Michael Bay's overblown PEARL HARBOR is taken to hilarious task; the fact that this is done in what is otherwise a cheesy movie ballad makes the feat all the more funny. Truth is, Bay's bread and butter is exactly this type of onscreen bombast. Hell, he's paid huge bucks to deliver explosions galore and not much else, regardless of the material before him, whether it's a historical WWII epic (the aforem ...
Timix1's full review | 527 words
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