Atom User Reviews for The Island
Great
The English subtitle is too small. It’s very hard to read. If u want to show in locations w mostly English speakers. That has to be improved. Nothing is worse than straining ur eyes for 2 hrs trying to follow the dialogues.
Metacritic
Bo’s secret weapon in The Island is Shu Qi, an effortlessly magnetic star who enlivens even the dullest material. Kept in the background for a lot of the story, she still brings a welcome human touch to a plot that keeps threatening to turn into a lecture.
The Island runs hot and cold, with clunky comic set-pieces alternating with moments of genuine wonder and surprise. But even at its most misbegotten, the movie’s always thoughtful, examining what we value — and why.
There are no good or bad people in The Island, just a group of hapless schmucks who become more sympathetic as they get more desperate.