Rotten
As usual, Bay stages the action at a breakneck pace that's never frenetic enough to obscure his film's plot holes and logical lapses.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
The Island
Your time will come...
2005 · 2h 16m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Bay
Overview
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.
Director and cast
- Michael Bay Director
- Ewan McGregor as Lincoln Six Echo
- Scarlett Johansson as Jordan Two Delta
- Djimon Hounsou as Albert Laurent
- Sean Bean as Dr. Merrick
- Steve Buscemi as James 'Mac' McCord
- Michael Clarke Duncan as Starkweather Two Delta
- Ethan Phillips Cast
- Brian Stepanek Cast
- Noa Tishby Cast
- Siobhan Flynn Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
What the clone lovers find is a new world -- it's 2019 -- of highway collisions, flying motorbikes, exploding buildings, bad acting and moral incoherence, very much like old Bay movies.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Since Michael Bay never knows when enough is enough, every chase is restaged over and again and the narrative matrix is as simplistic as it is repetitive.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
You have Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, these terrific actors reduced to saying, 'Go, go and duck' and hanging from buildings and all that stuff. And it just falls apart.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
The Island is nothing so dull as a total failure. But it has enough surprises up its clingy white sleeve to make you wish it were better.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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