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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  |  Reviews

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  |  Reviews

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  |  Reviews

A Perfect Film If The Matrix Didn't Have Enough Car Chases for Younew

Ewan McGregor and Scarlet Johansson fight against dystopian death squads, almost collapsing underneath the weight of Michael Bay's boring ambitions.
Dig Boston  |  Chris Braiotta  |  07-20-2005  |  Movies

Crock of the Bay

American cinema’s poster boy for excess blows up The Island.
Salt Lake City Weekly  |  Scott Renshaw  |  07-14-2005  |  Reviews

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