The Island: A Sci-fi, futuristic action film starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Both of them are clones who live in a secure society, where they think the rest of the world has been contaminated. Truth is these clones where made solely for their body parts and organs of the humans who had them made. The concept is actually really cool and intriguing. At about the half way mark the movie starts to slide down hill…..and fast. The ending could have made us think morally about the subject matter…..instead they rush through it like they were running out of money. The action overall was ok, and the movie supplies some humor – “*action movie humor”. The story starts out well and finishes poorly. - Overall it was a guilty pleasure for me, as I would recommend for a rental.
*Note: Action Movie Humor: most commonly comes in the form of 1 liners that are a play on words. Example – Schwarzenegger in Commando, he drops Sully over a cliff – killing him, when he walks back to the car they ask him “What happen to Sully? “I let him go” – cue the laughter.
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With a running time of 139 minutes
This film is rated PG-13
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