Island

Pros: entertaining, filled with action, acting 
Cons: totally derived from other works, runs out of story, uses over-the-top action

Warning  This review is filled with spoilers, but you'll want to watch the movie for the action, anyway.  The story falls apart about halfway through.  Review  Take the 1978 movie ...

Pros: Clones act human, futuristic, exciting, suspenseful
Cons: Leaves questions unanswered, main characters' personalities change drastically once outside

Wow. Just wow. I went into this movie hoping it would be a thriller but had never heard of The Island before so really had no preconceived notions. I do love futuristic movies and this one was set in the future. I was shocked when I learned there ...

Pros: Good, clean, silly fun. Very agreeable performance by Ewan McGregor.
Cons: Typical Michael Bay emptiness

While this is certainly no masterpiece, THE ISLAND did provide two hours of entertaining, preposterous noise...it was fun. If someone was hoping for or expecting more from it, I guess you've never seen the previews or any other movies by Michael ...

Pros: Highly paced action scenes.
Cons: Story is similar to the 1979 film "The Colonus horror"

Introduction: The movie "island" is a Michael bay directed film is similar to the 1979 film "The Clonus Horror". The Evan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson starer film is a story of clones who are ignorant of their existence living in an isolated ...

Pros: -Intense Action -Good Story -It's a Michael Bay film...
Cons: Some actions are so intense it's silly.

A film that has been underrated by many, I actually found the movie enjoyable. Horrible marketing ruined the film’s potential to be a major blockbuster. It was probably the reason why many avoided the movie, bad timing + bad trailers = loss ticket sales. ...

Pros: Amused me and entertained me. Ewen McGregor and Scarlett Johansson make a case for cloning.
Cons: The ending sucked - messes up Mr. Laurent's potential as a memorable villain completely.

The Island is not as bad as Bay's reputation for making meritless excuses for blowing things up. Bay's previous best effort was the mindlessly entertaining The Rock, which survived on the sole strength of its action and one-liners. On top ...

Pros: The cast, the story, art direction, special effects, great action sequences
Cons: Scarlett Johansson

"The Island" was a big budget blockbuster that hit theatres in the summer of 2005. Accompanied by an equally big marketing campaign, the film met with lackluster reviews by both critics and moviegoers alike and as a result "The Island" was ultimately a ...

Pros: Steve Buscemi. Ewan McGregor.
Cons: Dull action sequences. Derivative plot.

As I explained in my previous column, I have been somewhat incommunicado recently due to what one can only call an enforced stay at an exclusive, if rather dreary tropical resort called Gizmo or Gitmo or some such name. I have been unable to locate it ...

Pros: The One-Liners Steve Buscemi is Given.
Cons: Incompetent Directing, Messy Script, Bland Production, Editing, & Cast.

When there's a debate about directors, the best is always put on the tables. Names like Kurosawa, Lean, Fellini, Antonioni, Coppola, Ford, Leone, Kubrick, Truffaut, Godard, Bergman, and more recently, Spielberg, Wenders, Jarmusch, and von Trier. ...

Pros: A great film to watch
Cons: Could this be our future?

I bought this DVD in Germany for 21.99 euros (I'm not sure how much this is in dollars but I think it is quite cheap) which is quite good value for me. I only bought this because Ewan McGregor is in the starring role and I absolutely love his films. ...

Pros: Concept, Ewan Mcgregor
Cons: The plot does not do justice to the possibilities of the concept!!

Introduction Cloning is one of most controversial ongoing scientific researches. So it makes for juicy ingredient for Hollywood to look into the moral issues of cloning. I just loved the movie Sixth Day staring Arnie on this ...

Pros: Entertaining, thought-provoking concepts, attractive visuals
Cons: Too many action scenes back-to-back in second half

The Island stars Ewan McGregor (Lincoln Six Echo) and Scarlett Johansson (Jordan Two Delta) as inhabitants of a futuristic indoor world after the “contamination” of the outer world. Life is filled with rigorous rules regarding eating, sex, and ...

Pros: Explosions, Steve Buscemi
Cons: EVERYTHING ELSE

Let’s see. 1 cup THX 1138 1 cup The Matrix semi-clarified (skim it but do not remove all confusion) ˝ cup The Running Man 2 cups Gattaca Dash of Metropolis Hint of Soilent Green Fellini’s ...

Pros: Nice action with an excellent cast and director.
Cons: Introduction and set up is a little long.

When good Hollywood directors are on short supply, intransigent cineastes tend to anxiously cling to the auteurs in their midst. Like John Carpenter or Peter Jackson, Michael Bay is one of a diminishing number of true visionaries who even in their flops ...

Pros: Good script, action and acting.
Cons: Perhaps a little too much violence.

I have a growing fascination, bordering on infatuation, with Scarlett Johansson. And no it’s not the blonde hair. She has this look of innocence that draws one in, a sweetness that make you want to watch and see if she’ll ever shed her little ...