The Island

I saw The Island yesterday and I have to say it was a lot of fun. Nothing amazing. You won't walk away from the film thinking that your whole life has been changed causing you to throw away your New Kids on the Block paraphenalia and shave off your mullet realizing it's time to move on from the eighties, but you should walk out with a smile that comes from a well thought out action/suspense film.

Ewan McCgregor and Scarlett Johannsen both turn in excellent performances. The storyline actually has some depth to it, although whenever there is a chance to really delve into the complicated moral and ethical issues tied to the story it most often opts to avoid this and move on to another action orientated scene.

Nonetheless the subject of the film - for those of you who don't know the basic premise: Ewan and Scarlett are clones in the film. Each of them have been created as an insurance policy for those who are wealthy enough to afford it. They live in an isolated environment filled with thousands of clones led to believe they are lucky survivors of a catacalysmic contamination of the outside world. Things are going peachy until Ewan gets too inquisitive. -is a very intriquing one. Something that made me think, and something I will probably post about in a little bit.

To me, this is impressive for what is basically an action/near future sci-fi flick. I'd definitely encourage people to see it.