The Island [Blu-ray]

Director: Michael Bay Michael Bay

Overview

Blockbuster action director Michael Bay delivers a striking look at a strange world of the future in this sci-fi action drama. Midway through the 21st century, Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) lives in a confined indoor community after ongoing abuse of the Earth has rendered most of the planet uninhabitable. One of the only places in the outside world still capable of sustaining life is an idyllic island where citizens are chosen to live through a lottery. Or at least that's what Lincoln and his fellow citizens are taught to believe; the truth is that Lincoln, like everyone he knows, is actually a clone who is kept under wraps to provide needed organs when the person who supplied his or her DNA falls ill. When he becomes aware that his existence is a fraud, Lincoln escapes to the outside world with a fellow clone, Jordan Two Delta (Scarlett Johansson), though the powers that be are determined to see that no one gets away alive. The Island also stars Steve Buscemi, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Sean Bean.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/07/2017
UPC:	0032429257338
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:15:00
Sales rank:	15,664

Special Features

Commentary by director Michael Bay; The future in action; The making of The Island; Pre-visualization: forward thinking

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ewan McGregor	Lincoln Six Echo; Tom Lincoln
Scarlett Johansson	Jordan Two Delta; Sarah Jordan
Djimon Hounsou	Albert Laurent
Sean Bean	Merrick
Steve Buscemi	McCord
Michael Clarke Duncan	Starkweather,Starkweather
Brian Stepanek	Actor
Noa Tishby	Actor
Siobhan Flynn	Actor
Troy Blendell	Actor
Jamie McBride	Actor,Laurent Team Member
Kevin McCorkle	Actor
Troy T. Blendell	Laurent Team Member
Gary Nickens	Actor
Kathleen Rose Perkins	Actor
Richard Whiten	Actor
Max Baker	Actor
Phil Abrams	Actor
Svetlana Efremova	Actor
Katy Boyer	Actor
Randy Oglesby	Actor
Yvette Nicole Brown	Actor
Taylor Gilbert	Actor
Wendy Haines	Actor
Tim Halligan	Actor
Glenn Morshower	Actor
Michael Canavan	Actor
Jimmy Smagula	Actor
Ben Tolpin	Actor
Robert Sherman	Actor
Rich Hutchman	Actor
Gonzalo Menendez	Actor
Olivia Tracey	Actor
Ray Xifo	Actor
Mary Pat Gleason	Actor
Ashley Yegan	Actor
Whitney Dylan	Actor
Mitzi Martin	Actor
Lew Dauber	Actor
Shelby Leverington	Actor
Don Creech	Actor
Richard V. Licata	Actor
Eamon Behrens	Actor
Alex Carter	Actor
Kevin Daniels	Actor
Grant Garrison	Actor
Kenneth Hughes	Actor
Brian Leckner	Actor
Dakota Mitchell	Actor,Censor
Martin Papazian	Actor
Phil Somerville	Actor
Ryan Tasz	Actor
Kirk Ward	Actor
Kelvin Han Yee	Actor
Shawnee Smith	Actor
Chris Ellis	Actor
Eric Stonestreet	Actor
Don Michael Paul	Actor
James Granoff	Actor
Craig Reynolds	Actor
James Hart	Actor
Trent Ford	Actor
Sage Thomas	Actor
Mark Christopher Lawrence	Actor
Ethan Phillips	Actor
Kevin Dorman	Lincoln Double
Mauro Fiore	Actor
Deborah Lynn Scott	Actor
Michael Bay	Actor
Steve Jablonsky	Actor,Composer
Kenny Bates	Actor
Caspian Tredwell-Owen	Actor
Maurizio Argentieri	Actor
Jon Billington	Actor
Eric Brevig	Actor
Alex Kurtzman	Actor
Sean Haworth	Actor
Ian Bryce	Actor
Roberto Orci	Actor
Christopher Assells	Actor
David Sandefur	Actor
Matthew Cohan	Actor
Karen Baker Landers	Actor
Martin Whist	Actor
Heidi Fugeman	Actor
Beau Borders	Actor
Laurie MacDonald	Actor
Josh McLaglen	Actor
Walter F. Parkes	Actor
Steven P. Saeta	Actor

Technical Credits

Caspian Tredwell-Owen

Alex Kurtzman

Roberto Orci

Michael Bay	Director,Producer
Caspian Tredwell-Owen	Screenwriter
Alex Kurtzman	Screenwriter
Roberto Orci	Screenwriter
Ian Bryce	Producer
Walter F. Parkes	Producer
Laurie MacDonald	Executive Producer,Producer
Jon Alexander	Special Effects
Maurizio Argentieri	Sound Effects
Christopher Assells	Sound Effects
Karen Baker Landers	Sound Effects
Beau Borders	Sound Effects
Kenny Bates	Producer
Matthew Cohan	Producer
Heidi Fugeman	Producer
Josh McLaglen	Producer
Steven P. Saeta	Producer
Ted Allen	Special Effects
David J. Barker	Special Effects,Stunts
Wayne Burnes	Special Effects
Lawrence Decker	Special Effects
Eric Frazier	Special Effects
Joseph Livolsi	Special Effects
Casey D. Noel	Special Effects,Special Effects
Mike Wever	Special Effects
Ray L. Wilkerson	Special Effects
Eddie Braun	Stunts
Joe Bucaro III	Stunts
Chris Carnel	Stunts
John Cenatiempo	Stunts
Brian Christensen	Stunts
Gilbert B. Combs	Stunts
Simon Crane	Stunts
Kevin Derr	Stunts
Wade Eastwood	Stunts
Richard Epper	Stunts
Tom Erickson	Stunts
Corey Michael Eubanks	Stunts
Charles Grisham	Stunts
Chris Howell	Stunts
Steve Kelso	Stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.	Stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.	Stunts
Henry Kingi	Stunts
Rick LeFevour	Stunts
Billy Lucas	Stunts
Matt McColm	Stunts
Carrick O'Quinn	Stunts
Brock Little	Stunts
Troy Robinson	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

Roundly panned by critics and slighted by moviegoers who paid too much attention to the negative buzz, this futuristic action thriller didn't really get a fair shake at the nation's box offices. Granted, The Island is a little slow to get going and unnecessarily confusing in spots, but it's hardly the unmitigated disaster its detractors claimed. Ewan McGregor stars as Lincoln Six-Echo, one of the innumerable residents housed in a hermitically sealed community during the mid-21st century. Like his neighbors and co-workers in this highly regulated society, Lincoln hopes to win the lottery that awards passage to a utopian island rumored to be the last uncontaminated spot on Earth. This ordered society holds a dark secret, however, and when Lincoln discovers this he stages an escape with fellow resident Jordan Two-Delta (Scarlett Johansson) -- and then the fun really begins. Pearl Harbor director Michael Bay, no stranger to overblown, noisy, and explosive action sequences, works his magic on the third act of this exposition-heavy yarn, which kicks into gear with McGregor and Johansson's elaborate escape. There's a mystery element to The Island that, while not terribly difficult to unravel, shifts the focus away from the seemingly allegorical import of the film's earlier section. It also heightens the suspense; once viewers know the secret of the island, they become more emotionally vested in the safety of Lincoln and Jordan. At times the whole thing seems pretty foolish, but that's where the skillful supporting turns of Steve Buscemi, Sean Bean, and Djimon Hounsou come in: their earnest performances in small but important roles lend much-needed credibility to the picture. The end result is an entertaining if minor action film with sci-fi trappings.