I’ve seen reviews of the movie The Island and they were not positive.? They tended towards mediocre at best.? It used to be that movies that got reviews like this would be movies that I would have no choice but to stay away from but with the advent of Netflix, I can watch movies that I have never would have watched in past circumstances.
Now, not all movies have been good choices but with the flexibility of Netflix it’s great because I can turn the movie off and return it and get another one in a day or two.
Now, back to The Island.? I liked this movie.? The premise of this movie is that there are a bunch of people who are living their lives being told they are survivors of some great catastrophic event that involved some contamination.? They must stay in this “preserve” and work hard and staying healthy and at some mysterious jobs.? There is also a lottery which allows the winners to go to an Island to live.? The Island is a “paradise” that is the last bastion of of healthy and non-contaminated living.
As the movie continues on though, the hero (obi-wan: from the SW 1-3 movies) asks questions he ought not to and figures out they aren’t going to an Island but instead are being killed and when his best friend, a girl wins the lottery he risks all to save her.? They escape into the real world and discover they are clones intended to be organ donors for the original.? The clone is developmentally (mentally) about 15 years and I thought the clones all do a pretty good job of carrying out this.? Also, I thought the tech insertion is pretty good.? It’s not super high tech like Star Trek but just enough to give the near future feel.? There is some good chase scenes.
I did think that there was one odd twist in the way they handled the original vs clone.? It didn’t destroy the story but was a diametrically different approach to nearly every other clone story I’ve read or seen.? It makes you think a bit about the nature vs nurture argument.
It was? a fun movie.