Director:
Michael BayCámara:
Mauro FioreMúsica:
Steve JablonskyReparto:
Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ethan Phillips, Brian Stepanek, Siobhan Flynn (más)Streaming (5)
Sinopsis(1)
Mediados del siglo XXI. En un planeta devastado tras un desastre ecológico, Lincoln Eco-Seis (Ewan McGregor) reside en una comunidad con una existencia totalmente controlada. La esperanza de lo s habitantes de esta comunidad para mejorar sus vidas es ser elegido, mediante un sistema de lotería, para ir a habitar una paradisíaca isla. La percepción existencial de Lincoln se verá alterada cuando descubra que todo es un engaño y que él realmente es un clon, solamente utilizado para proporcionar órganos a las personas originales que residen en el mundo real. En ese momento intentará escapar y alcanzar el mundo exterior en compañía de un clon femenino llamado Jordan Delta-Dos (Scarlett Johansson). (Warner Bros. España)
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En términos de contenido (guión), la película más atractiva de Michael Bay hasta la fecha. Un tema serio (con algunas escenas deprimentes), hábilmente elaborado para convertirse en una rápida superproducción de Hollywood que cumple todos los parámetros necesarios. El dúo central de actores fue una mala jugada comercial (productor), pero una perfecta jugada dramatúrgica (director). Sus personajes necesitaban el mayor civismo posible y tenían que desempeñar el papel de personaje más importante cuando estaban conociendo el «nuevo mundo»". Mi parte favorita de la película es el encuentro con los niños en la estación... Ewan McGregor y Scarlett Johansson no decepcionaron. Las escenas de acción conservan el toque de Bay, y la de la "avispa" voladora y su sobrevuelo de un rascacielos es un auténtico espectáculo para la vista. La concepción visual y musical es más kitsch que, por ejemplo, en Minority Report pero sigue manteniendo un listón de dignidad, es creíble y cautiva. Y el compositor Steve Jablonsky sale de su propia sombra. Hay algunos agujeros en la lógica y la película tiene dos finales, pero no cae en el aburrimiento. Me alegré de que aún no hubiera terminado y de que siguiera por aquí un tiempo... La primera película de Michael Bay que me cautivó y entretuvo no sólo por sus bellos efectos visuales. Una película de ciencia ficción palomitera más interesante y atrevida que la del año pasado Yo, Robot.
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The first film of the repulsive megalomaniac after The Rock, which I again enjoyed with all the icing on the cake. I really don't know why I would want to talk about a more serious idea in the case of The Island, which may be interesting at the embryonic stage, but fortunately Bay is obviously afraid of deeper topics - he reduces the island's ant base into crumbly but tolerable dialogues, and after a while the whole plot is reduced to "from whom it is necessary to escape / who needs to be defeated and what needs to be destroyed". No loops, but on the contrary great action fire from all cannons, fast editing, excellent background music, breathtaking effects (especially the scene with train wheels is breathtaking). The island is dominated by a clinically pure image style, a crystal clear and uncomplicated futuristic aesthetic that is as clear and legible as the story of the film. It slides down the neck and does not burden the stomach. I do not mean that in a bad way. Michael Bay is good at all the cliché slow motion, camera flights, etc., and he can do them cleanly and precisely like few others, and The Island operates with the expression of an action film with absolute bravura. The result is two hours, my brain was sweetly turned off and I rode only on a wave of adrenaline, which is not muffled by anything. A great relaxation experience - I of course understand that whoever was waiting for intelligent sci-fi must have been disappointed. But wanting it from Michael is like wanting a circumcision at St. Vitus. Have I ever written that Scarlett Johansson is absolutely GORGEOUS???
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Bay’s attempt at making a different type of movie than he usually does stopped somewhere half-way along the route. In the end, the initially intriguingly developing screenplay proves to be the weakest aspect of this movie. Despite the fact that something is always going on in this picture and despite the frantic editing, paradoxically this seems to lack pace. But even so, thanks to an excellent McGregor and the precise technical aspects, this is an above-average picture which is definitely more endearing than Bay’s previous movies, but unfortunately it isn’t one of his best.
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When I thought, after the Bad Boys II, that Michael Bay had permanently drowned in his action-comedy affectations, I couldn't have been more wrong. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote him a script that suited him perfectly and although it's a timid prelude to Transformers, the futuristic romance is worth it. Ewan McGregor excels in a role that could finally elevate him to the absolute top class (but due to the mentioned box office failure, we didn't get to see it this time either), the rest of the actors support him at a distance, but skillfully. Perhaps it could have spent a little less time before the reveal, but the action in the second half lifts the film completely someplace else.
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For someone who has seen Logan's Run, The Island is a completely pointless affair. Even though the story does go in a different direction in the second half and the whole thing seems to be just a bastardized take on Equilibrium. But I realize that it may not be that much of a big deal for fans of McGregor, Johansson, or Bay.
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Gorgeous Bruckheimer-style camera filters, swooping shots, and overhead views – basically everything that Michael Bay can offer us. The Island is visually stunning, full of gloss, light, and thrilling action. At the same time, it is philosophically and narratively the most sophisticated film by this creator.
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For me, Michael Bay's best film, which is just short of perfection. It's a great blend of sci-fi, drama and action, all spiced up with a touch of romance. It's all accompanied by an incredible soundtrack, composed by the until recently unknown to me Steve Jablonsky. The plot was absolutely meticulously thought out and I didn't get lost at all. The visual effects were carefully done and convincing. In short, this a very good film with an original and unorthodox theme, it could have benefited from a shorter running time, but even that was bearable.
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A weaker 4 stars. Definitely not because Bay made a swashbuckling actioner out of stuff someone else would have made Blade Runner out of -). More because I kind of got lost in it at times, and if the camera had stayed still for a moment I wouldn't have minded at all. Otherwise, probably the most logical lapses I've seen recently.
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I don't like Michael Bay, and after seeing The Island, not much has changed. I've always liked the Bad Boys films, but that's about it. The Island has an interesting idea and that's where it ends. Bay attempted to film something that could be called utopian sci-fi, where the primary focus would be on a socially critical dimension. It mainly works on the action level because that's what Bay enjoys. You can tell. The rest is just a big bubble to stretch the film to over two hours. A good idea chopped up into unbearable long boredom.
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