The Island is being touted as Michael Bay’s attempt at intelligent science fiction, and for the most part that’s what it is. бухта, залив has taken his talent for blowing stuff the hell up, used it on a fairly sharp sci-fi “what if” script, and arrived at a Fugitive style chase movie that asks a few rather poignant Вопросы about where modern science and old fashioned human selfishness are headed. Ты may have to squint through all the smoke and exploding cars to see them, but trust me the smarts are there.

In fact, бухта, залив goes еще than a few минуты in the film’s opening without even attempting...

линкольн Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) lives in an isolated compound which strictly regulates its inhabitants' lives. Residents hope to win a lottery to go to "the Island", the only place on Earth not contaminated by a deadly pathogen. линкольн tells Dr. Merrick (Sean Bean) of his discontent with the plain white clothes everyone is дана and the strict social controls. Concerned about strange dreams линкольн experiences about a white быстроходный катер, на катере and other unfamiliar items, Merrick inserts probes into Lincoln's body to monitor his cerebral activities.

While illicitly visiting a construction site Lincoln...

Michael Bay’s attitude is ‘damn the critics’ (he actually used a much harsher, none PG-rated expression). He’s learned through much experience critics in general detest his work. Smart man.

Bay’s “The Island” is actually two films with vastly different styles struggling for possession of the screen. The Дебаты over the moral implications of cloning humans is addressed but then falls by the wayside as бухта, залив decides to scrap the semi-intelligence of the first half of the film in lieu of cramming as many stunts and product placements into the секунда half of “The Island” as feasibly...

[from trailer]
McCord: The life Ты thought Ты had... it never happened.

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[Jordan Two-Delta and линкольн Six-Echo have just been told they are clones by McCord]
Jordan Two-Delta: Bu- I have a mother! I remember her!
McCord: Yeah, I know...
Jordan Two-Delta: I grew up on a farm! I had a little dog a - and I had a bike...
McCord: A bike, yeah. A pink, fluffy Flyer with little tassels on the handlebars? And Ты rode it up the улица, уличный to your Grandmother's house, you'd ring the little bell, she came out and served Ты печенье on a hot plate?
Jordan Two-Delta: Yes.
McCord: No. Memory imprints....