cinemajesty Movie Review: "The Island" (2005)Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen 1994 founded film studio DreamWorks Pictures LLC acquired an original screenplay by writer Caspian Tredwell-Owen, got it polished by Hollywood writers Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and contracted director Michael Bay to realize a stand-out science-fiction movie, which could have been an instant classic with is skillful combination of themes from "Coma" (1978) directed by Michael Crichton and "Gattaca" (1997) directed by Andrew Niccol.The result releasing in July 2005, missed it target audience, had the power of conviction in terms of engaging young actors, Scarlett Johansson as Jordan and Ewan McGregor as Lincoln, imprisoned on an Island-like institution of utmost organized daily procedure, which hides a mind-blowing secret of an capital-gathering BioTech organization. The cinematography by Mauro Fiore is an absolute bliss to witness. Nevertheless it takes up to 45 minutes to bring director Michael Bay's strong suits into place with an hour full of well-edited on location-action scenes, highlighting the signature highway pursuit chase with metallic-trainwheels-dropping live-action car-crash-shots.Nevertheless some undeniable loopholes, originated in screen writing as on-set direction, which made it into the finished motion picture product narrow splendors of this unless entertaining 125 Million Dollar production; with thoughtless conceptions of a near-by future with paper-map-buying characters as craftsman James McCord, performed with an I-must-feeling by actor Steve Buscemi, helping the on-the-run youngster couple in harshly received realities, where the Rich buy organ insurance policies from a BioTech company to sustain their life-time.Furthermore the logical and continuity missteps mounting up in last third of "The Island" 120 minute editorial by sharing credits editors Paul Rubell and Christian Wagner, who run out of steam by the end of second showdowns between BioTech corporate boss, solidly performed by actor Sean Bean, who was not directorial pushed enough to become a real hostile for the character-arc fulfilling main character of Tom Lincoln in forgiving minor choreographed almost full-frontal fight scene on crashing metal bridges.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Bob Jim The lead actor, the main character, IS GREAT. You can empethise with him, his actions make sense and overall he is very like-able.ON THE OTHER HAND. We have Scarlet's character. Unlikable, annoying, isn't really adding ANYTHING to the plot. Hell, her acting is so freaking bad... Which is surprising. When I saw her name in the title (In our TV we sometimes see "featuring: x" so it can intrigue people with their fav actors), I thought "Hey, this might be a good movie. Is she the main character? I hope so!" And then bleehh. She was a support, and a bad one while we are at it.If they just had picked a different actor, the movie could have been so much better. This movie deserves 8 AT LEAST. She made me want to rate it 6 but it's too harsh. Now, for the plot. I won't give in too much of it- It's just good. Hell, it's an adaptation from a book, and if the movie's plot is that good, just imagine how good the book is! Very recommended movie (if you can bear Scarlet's acting)

Kirpianuscus a delicate theme. decent acting. romance, thriller, appearances and adventures. the truth. and the need to change everything for survive. it is obvious , after so many Sci. Fi. thrillers, The Island could not be a surprise. same ingredients, same story lines, same plot, with few not great nuances. but it has the gift to reminds the fairy tale. to remember the expectation of child from us. for give new clothes to the conspiracy theory. and to have in the lead roles Scarlett Johanson and Ewan McGregor. and few charming scenes who are a seductive motif for not ignore it. sure, it is not a profound or serious plot. and the things are far to be revelations. but it is nice. and in the time of films created only as exposure of new technology, The Island is a decent story about hope, love and fight for survive.

Davis P The Island (2005) is a very high octane, action packed, well written, and intriguing movie. Scarlett Johansson and Ewan Mcgreggor do a great job as the two leads, they had awesome characters and they portrayed them really well! Sean Bean was also very good in his twisted character with a sort of god complex. The whole plot of the island is very intricate and clever. I really loved the action sequences and the violence in this movie, none of it was graphic and it was all fun and entertaining to see. Michael Bay did a really great with this movie. I don't care what people say, I think he's a talented film director, and he directed the island very well. The dialogue between and the script was all great and well put together. Dijimon did a good job as well, he was intense and very into the character. Ewan and Scarlett really did have great chemistry together! You could really tell that the love and the feelings between their characters were real and true, no one in this film "phoned in" their performance, I was thankful for that. This movie is deeper and has more heart than I expected, it really reached me and some scenes were emotional because it was so sad. I applaud Michael bay and the entire cast and crew of the island! Job well done! 9/10.