Random Movie Review

THE ISLAND

In honor of the IMDB.com themed "H.C.D.2007" and my first selection, I have decided to brush the dust off the Random Movie Review. I've been meaning to RMR this movie for a while actually. The Island definitely contains the elements required for a good action movie: Hot Actors, Multiple Explosions, Chase Scene(s), Multiple and Unique Death Scenes, etc. but it also has a lot of the elements for simply a good movie: acting, premise, & fun (okay not so much acting). Beware however Rotten Tomatoes has this hidden Gem at a paltry 39% a.k.a rotten, very rotten. However one of the Critics who gives this movie a thumbs down says:

"For about an hour, you forget this is a Michael Bay movie. Then the fireworks start coming and never stop."

Hmm... 1 hour of plot building and character development that is not in the style of Michael Bay (Pearl Harbor much?), then 1 hour of non stop MB "fire works" in an action movie...Boo Hiss! The people of the Island should put that quote on the cover of the DVD for Christs sakes.

Plot - courtesy of Wikipedia:

In 2019, when most of the outside world has been contaminated, a community of people, rescued from the toxic environment, live by utopian standards in an isolated colony. The rules of living are selected for them; clothing, meals, leisure, and jobs are all structured and controlled. Everyone in the community anticipates a special event, the lottery, in which one person wins a chance to move to a paradise, the only uncontaminated area left on Earth, known as "The Island."



I've watched this movie once from start to finish. However, factoring in the 45 minute chunks I've sat through thanks to TMN and brutal network programming, I've probably seen this movie a total of 5-6 times. All entertaining and I'm still moderately surprised just how badly this movie was originially advertised and how little I wanted to watch it back in the Summer of 2005. For those with TMN, check out TMNOD - it may still be there.

If you've already watched this movie, you too were probably pleasantly surprised. If you haven't give it a go - I don't think I've let you down yet.

Enjoy.