Review of The Island (1980) by Eric S — 25 May 2009

I haven't seen this film since I was a kid, and it holds up quite well.

The tale is based on a Peter Benchley(Jaws) novel, and tells the story of an inquisitive reporter who flys to the Caribbean to investigate mysterious ocean disappearances. Blair Maynard's(Michael Caine) plane goes down in a questionable area where he and his son are stranded on some remote island. They are soon to be captured by realistic pirates who inflict various tortures on them forcing Maynard to devise an escape that seems somewhat impossible.

The brilliant Ennio Morricone composed the score which adds to the film's eerie mood of island purgatory.