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The Island
The Island

The Island

2005 136 min ★ 6.7 Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.

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Cast

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Jordan Two Delta / Sarah Jordan

Djimon Hounsou

Djimon Hounsou

Albert Laurent

Sean Bean

Sean Bean

Dr. Bernard Merrick

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

James 'Mac' McCord

Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan

Starkweather Two Delta / Jamal Starkweather

Ethan Phillips

Ethan Phillips

Jones Three Echo

Brian Stepanek

Brian Stepanek

Gandu Three Echo

Noa Tishby

Noa Tishby

Community Announcer

Siobhan Flynn

Siobhan Flynn

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Details

Director

Michael Bay

Screenplay

Caspian Tredwell-Owen

Tagline

"Your time will come..."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$126,000,000

Revenue

$162,949,164

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Parkes+MacDonald Production

Reviews

M

markuspm

December 23, 2013

I have watched this movie soooo many times already and I am still not tired of it. OK I confess I really am a big fan of "Jordan Two Delta".

J

John Chard

September 23, 2019

★ 7/10

Lincoln Six Echo and the Utopian Redemption. Lincoln Six Echo is having vivid dreams about a past existence, here in this Utopian world he lives in, he's starting to question the function of his world. In this perfectly formed existence the inhabitants dream of winning the lottery, the prize? Relocation to an outside paradise known as The Island. After stumbling upon something sinister, Lincoln...

K

Kamurai

July 24, 2020

★ 8/10

Great watch, will watch again, and can recommend. Even though this is from 2005, it's amazing that when you have a futuristic world, it holds up over time as the 2020 new tech doesn't seem to matter as much, or you design characters that wouldn't have average technology, this sort of does both. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johannson, Djimon Hounsou, even Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi and Michael Clark...

T

The Movie Mob

August 20, 2022

★ 9/10

**With the right expectations, The Island is a fun action-packed sci-fi flick that is every bit Michael Bay and explosion filled as it should be.** I never understood the hate this movie gets. It's a Michael Bay movie to the core, which means you know there will be some insane action, incredible visuals, and there may or may not be a great story. But The Island does a decent job of making you c...

G

GenerationofSwine

February 8, 2026

★ 10/10

It's not bad for a movie that should have been made in the 1970s, and if it had the ending would be have been bleaker, the tone more depressing, there would have been more turtlenecks and it would have been a bigger hit. Instead it's more modern which means there is more action, more Fx, less story, less atmosphere, and a happier ending. That being said, it's one of Michael Bay's better movie...

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