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Sci-fi Twist on Action Film Flops
Michael Bay's The Island rapidly devolves into a brainless mess of chases and badly choreographed action movie clichés, all told in Bay’s signature choppy, brutal, throbbing style.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
07-25-2005 |
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No Signs of Lifenew
If you like Maxim, you'll love The Island -- it's glossy, expensive, full of slick ads and beautiful people reduced to posable action figures.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Film's Eerie Ideas Go Out With a Bangnew
Michael Bay, director of Hollywood's most destruction-crazed movies, makes an unlikely member of the Culture of Life. But his sci-fi thriller offers a metaphorical argument against cloning, stem cell and frozen embryo research.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-22-2005 |
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Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
Crock of the Bay
American cinema’s poster boy for excess blows up The Island.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-14-2005 |
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Tags: Michael Bay, The Island
