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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 12A

Cast Ewan McGregor Scarlett Johansson Djimon Hounsou Steve Buscemi Michael Clarke Duncan

Directors Michael Bay

Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman Caspian Tredwell-Owen Robert Orci

Running Time 136 minutes

The Island (12A)

Plot
Lincoln Six Echo (McGregor) is beginning to question his utopian home, where every movement is strictly controlled and everyone is desperate to be sent to The Island, the final paradise in the apparently destroyed outside world. But sensing something is up Lincoln escapes with fellow inmate Jordan (Johansson) and discovers that not only is their world a lie, so is the nature of their existence.

Verdict
Like its slack-jawed clones, The Island is full of energy and incredibly pretty but burdened with only the minimum of smarts.


Reviewer: Olly Richards

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