I thought that The Island was a pretty good film. It was actually released around the same time as The War of the Worlds and I made a big mistake this summer in watching WOTW instead of The Island in the theaters. This sci-fi film was far more entertaining than WOTW. I guess all of the hype of WOTW just sucked me into watching it.

The story itself is pretty standard in regards to a sci-fi film. It is in the future (2019), and focuses on science that has gone bad. The world is contaminated. You live in this bubble. You can get out by winning a lottery to THE ISLAND, the only non contaminated landscape left in the outside world. The movie starts out with men and women who live in this utopian society. It kinda reminds me of the book “A Brave New World”. As the plot thickens however, some of the members of this society begin to question their life and their reason for living. In their quest to find themselves, they discover many things that cause them concern.

I’d say its a great one time rental for any action fans and far better than the other so called Sci-Fi blockbuster War of the Worlds. Pick it up!

Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid 21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the “The Island” - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones. Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson). Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.

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