The Island

Name: The Island
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: 2014-02-28

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39%

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63%

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Storyline

A group of people gather for a family reunion in a house on an isolated island. They are waiting for the last person to join them, but as the evening arrives and he doesn’t arrive, a strange anxiety overwhelms them. The group dismantles and the family members wander away from the house separately, confronting the sea and an unspoken fear that slowly consumes them.

Details

DirectorsDominga Sotomayor, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz

ReleasedFeb 28, 2014

StatusReleased

Original languageSpanish

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

2 fresh · 5 rotten

Critics consensus

“A clone of THX 1183, Coma, and Logan's Run, The Island is another loud and bombastic Michael Bay movie where explosions and chases matter more than characters, dialogue, or plot.”

39% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Olly Richards

RTEmpire MagazineJan 7, 2006

Like its slack-jawed clones, The Island is full of energy and incredibly pretty but burdened with only the minimum of smarts.

Nathan Rabin

RTAV ClubSep 26, 2005

As usual, Bay stages the action at a breakneck pace that's never frenetic enough to obscure his film's plot holes and logical lapses.

Nev Pierce

RTBBC.comAug 9, 2005

[T]here's plenty to enjoy in the more intimate, character-based moments, if you can cope with the relentlessly overblown action that surrounds them.

Mike Massie

RTGone With The TwinsJan 17, 2025