Review of The Island (2005) by Jake C — 21 Jan 2019
What begins promisingly enough---in a reversal of the film's narrative promise---in its second half devolves into action sequences as simple-minded and technologically overblown as the movie's clones.
Bay eschews any actual ethical quandary and squanders whatever satirical punch the material has, ending up with a movie so unoriginal that it exhibits no raison d'être beyond its own flashy spectacle.
As a barely improved clone of PARTS: THE CLONUS HORROR, the movie goes to show that a movie needs more than a prodigious budget; it also needs a competent screenplay.
This review of The Island (2005) was written by Jake C on 21 Jan 2019.
The Island has generally received positive reviews.
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