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http://urllio.com/r2j2eLincoln Six Echo is just like everyone else - he's waiting to go to the Island, the only place left in the world to actually live a life. Thousands of people stay at a facility waiting to go to the Island. It all sounds like paradise, but Lincoln Six Echo soon discovers that there's actually a sinister purpose going on at that facility and that he must escape - but not before stopping the sinister plan.
A man living in a futuristic sterile colony begins to question his circumscribed existence when his friend is chosen to go to the Island, the last uncontaminated place on earth.
Did anyone see the movie, The Island? I know it was directed by Michael Bay who in the past has made action movie for Producer Jerry Bruckheimer but this movie was made away from MR Bruckheimer and it was some of the best work I've ever seen from Michael Bay. He really put thought into this movie and though it still has action it has a great story and characters. It is ten times better than that mess Pearl Harbor.<br/><br/>Here is my problem...This movie was a box office failure in the states. Yet it is a hit overseas. Why!?! It should be a hit in the U.S. as well.<br/><br/>This was the best movie I've seen this year. It was exciting and different even though it had a lot of references to George Orwell's 1984, THX-1138 and Logans Run.<br/><br/>I really think people missed the big picture when they saw commercials for this film. It deserved a better chance at a wide release. It was only in a few theaters and I truly believe that studio heads did not give this one a chance.<br/><br/>It angers me when a good movies is overlooked. I hope DVD will give this movie new life.<br/><br/>A four star Movie
Greetings again from the darkness. The comparisons to "Logan's Run" are inevitable and there are many familiarities with "Minority Report", "Coma", "Total Recall" and even the remake of "Invasions of the Body Snatchers". Of course, these are expected when one combines sci-fi with a future world and cloning! Director Michael Bay must have been quite the terror as a boy growing up. I envision young Mikey trying to blow things up and perform stunts on his bike after attaching the motor from the lawn mower. Now that he is big and rich, he gets to do it for real in EVERY one of his movies ("Bad Boys", "The Rock" "Armageddon" "Pearl Harbor"). I will say he is very consistent.<br/><br/>"The Island" is a bit of stretch for Bay and I don't believe he quite pulls it off. Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson couldn't possibly be any more photogenic and gosh, they sure can RUN. Haven't seen this much running in a movie since the Steve Prefontaine story. The supporting cast is stellar with Sean Bean pulling off one his patented bad guy smoothies, Djimon Hounsou ("In America" "Gladiator") is underutilized as a renegade bounty hunter, Michael Clarke Duncan ("The Green Mile") has one terrific scene and the great Steve Buscemi is a wonderfully quirky addition. Despite all the star power and fire power, the film leaves us feeling a bit flat.<br/><br/>The best scenes are with McGregor when his clone and owner together - whether in an ultra cool house or a very fast caddy. The worst scenes are the car/copter/motorcycle chases which look just like the Bad Boys stuff.<br/><br/>"The Island" is eye candy for those who aren't really concerned about the details in a story - quite a few of which are left hanging here.
The best thing about The Island is this: Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, buffed and dressed in sparkling white, wondering how and when to kiss each other.
The shooting script provided by IMSDb (dated 1/13/04) states his first name is BERNARD. Other scripts give different answers, but this seems to be the definitive one. Starkweather Two Delta's sponsor, Jamal Starkweather, was a professional football player. During the escape attempt, Starkweather ran full force into a guard, knocking him aside in much the way that the real Starkweather would during a football game. Most of the guards, likely big fans of the real Starkweather, found the collision hysterical because it looked like the real Starkweather playing football. a5c7b9f00b