Starring: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson Director: Michael Bay
U.S. Opening Date: July 22, 2005
THEY SAY
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
whose only purpose is to provide “spare parts” for their original human
counterparts. Realizing it is only a matter of time before he is
“harvested,” 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.
WE SAY
A new Michael Bay movie! Uhm, yay! Praise the Lord and
pass the Dramamine!
Returning to his action movie roots with this movie and
Bad Boys II after flirting with expensive historical revisionist
love stories (Pearl Harbor), the director who made us throw up in
our pop corn with all his jerky camera movements and quick editing in
Armageddon is back directing The Island.
It stars Ewan McGregor (will there be life after the
Star Wars prequels?) and the yummy Scarlett
Johansson who usually stars in more worthy fare such Girl with a Pearl
Earring and Lost in Translation. Mmmm . . . probably following
her agent’s advice and going for the big pay cheque.
Don’t expect this one to win any Academy prizes, but it
will probably clear out the box office just like Bay’s previous flicks
The Rock and Bad Boys did. (But those were with producer Don
Simpson? Will there be life after Don Simpson?)
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Trivia
about The Island:
This is the first Michael Bay film not produced by Jerry
Bruckheimer.
Rounding out the main cast of The Island are Oscar® nominee Djimon
Hounsou (In America, Gladiator) as the head of the security
team sent to hunt down Lincoln and Jordan; Steve Buscemi (Ghost World,
Armageddon) as a man who befriends Lincoln despite working for the
institute; and Oscar® nominee Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile,
Armageddon) as another resident who is unaware of his fate when he
is selected to go to The Island.
Michael
Bay is directing The Island from a screenplay by Caspian Tredwell-Owen
(Beyond Borders), and Alex Kurtzman-Counter (TV’s Alias) &
Roberto Orci (TV’s Alias). Walter F. Parkes (The Ring,
Gladiator), Michael Bay, Ian Bryce (Spider-Man,
Saving Private Ryan) and Laurie MacDonald (The Ring,
Men in Black) are producing. The Island
is a co-production of DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, with
DreamWorks distributing the film domestically and Warner Bros. handling
the international release.
