BIG SCREEN – Review # 1

The Island

Where to begin. . .

Science fiction is all about suspension of disbelief, but when you have a storyline that is more ‘science when’ rather than fiction the disbelief is a little too much even for me. There was a good story underneath all that action and although the plot was somewhat sacrificed for the special effects (an issue all too common nowadays) it did provide me with some ‘food for thought’.

The basic undertones of this movie are rather scary, as cloning will one day happen (and has already if you believe the various rumours). But all this got lost amongst the obstacles our two heroes (Lincoln Six Echo and Jordan Two Delta) battle through and the implausible feats that they achieve to get them to the end of this film.

A little more plot and lot less action would have made this film a winner, but then it was made for the masses and we know how bored they can get without an explosion or two to excite the senses.

Overall you can enjoy this film, occasionally you’ll want to shout “come on no one could survive that!” and at the end you may wish they hadn’t made the final scene so happy.

All said and done I give it a fair:

2 1/2 Stars