The Island (2005) (PG-13)

Quicklook Rating★★½

synopsis

Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" -- reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet -- until he makes a terrible discovery that everything about his existence is a lie and that he is actually more valuable dead than alive. Together with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta, Lincoln makes a daring escape to the outside world he's never known. Now, with the forces of the institute that once housed them relentlessly hunting them down, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a desperate race for their lives.

MovieGoer Review

The Island is about two clones who don't know they are clones, and upon finding out the truth, escape their high-security surroundings and are chased all over Los Angeles. It doesn't make a lick of sense, of course, but we don't care. This ... MORE

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synopsis

Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" -- reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet -- until he makes a terrible discovery that everything about his existence is a lie and that he is actually more valuable dead than alive. Together with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta, Lincoln makes a daring escape to the outside world he's never known. Now, with the forces of the institute that once housed them relentlessly hunting them down, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a desperate race for their lives.

MovieGoer Review

The Island is about two clones who don't know they are clones, and upon finding out the truth, escape their high-security surroundings and are chased all over Los Angeles. It doesn't make a lick of sense, of course, but we don't care. This ... MORE