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(1 - 50) of 53 OFCS Rating: 32% Rotten Page   12   > Next 3/5 "Veraniega en el sentido más comercial de la definición, sobresale en su género particular, en un buen nivel dentro de ese cine que no pide muchas neuronas (clonadas o no)."   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez B "A maturing Michael Bay? It's been that kind of summer."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 6/10 "If you go in expecting Batman Begins, you’ll be disappointed for sure -- but if you go in expecting a Michael Bay film, you’ll likely be pleasantly surprised. "   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens D "Contrary to how it appears, The Island is the same overdirected mess that Bay has been serving up for 10 years, only this time disguised as a creative leap forward."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "After 2 1/2 grueling hours of this, you'll be begging for a trip to the island yourself. A real island, I mean. Not the movie."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "It is what it looks like -- loud, fast, and fulsome, with very pretty, very athletic bodies in white jumpsuits running and leaping."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/5 "Only Michael Bay would remake a 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' movie.""   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger C "Mindless, soulless, overlong, sleek looking popcorn action thriller."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Nothing the actors could have done would have lifted 'The Island' beyond video-game level"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 3/10 "heart-breaking experience for all the fans of classic science fiction films"   Draxblog Movie Reviews   Dragan Antulov 2/4 "The first act holds such promise, but by the end, Bay deflates all rooting interest and throws logic out the window in favor of shootouts and been-there-done-that car chases."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "Si “robar” ideas de varias películas fuera un delito en Hollywood, los productores de La Isla estarían condenados a cadena perpetua."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "But despite all of Bay's best efforts, he still managed, through sheer dumb luck, to wind up with a cracking good sci-fi adventure that doesn't falter until the second half."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Michael Bay is a master at creating money shots for trailers but -- outside most of The Rock and, at least, the attack sequence in Pearl Harbor -- has consistently failed to stimulate anything but the muscles which create migraines."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "Bay's relentless bombast is no less irritating here than it was in Pearl Harbor, or Bad Boys II, or The Rock."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov D "A typical example of Bay's excess...sleek but utterly bombastic and silly."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "Starts out as an interesting sci-fi thriller about cloning but then turns and takes a downhill course as just another action drama with crashes and explosions galore."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "Calling The Island a 'popcorn, old-fashioned summer movie' is fair, but it's also sad, since it could have been more. But movies that aim low rarely achieve any kind of altitude."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "Michael Bay delivers what may be a perfect summer movie, with brains and guts beneath sleek, muscular knockout action."   Netflix   James Rocchi 5/10 "The Island is this year's I, Robot."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 78/100 "Unapologetically action-oriented but it has a passionate subtext too - this Michael Bay's take on every sci-fi movie ever made."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi "Bay may be the master of blink-and-you'll-miss-it filmmaking, but he's also a slave to redundancy."   Light Views   John Larsen 6/10 "A typical run-and-chase Bay-a-thon before morphing into a Polyphonic Spree video at the very end."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick '2.5' "If you’re gonna sell your soul in Hollywood, The Island is about as good as it gets"   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller 3/4 "Pone el dedo en la llaga respecto a uno de los temas más controvertidos de la ciencia actual y los grupos religiosos más importantes: la actitud del hombre de jugar a ser Dios"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 3/5 "."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 5/5 "I loved it...you get your money's worth, and there's actually a story in there with all the pants-pooping excitement."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 1/4 "All Michael Bay movies are evil."   Slant Magazine   Keith Uhlich 2.0/4.0 "... a darker, R-rated sci-fi dramatic cut of The Island exists somewhere... buried right next to the only copy of the Schwarzenegger-free print of The 6th Day."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 1.5/5 "Instead of a movie, he’s delivered a beer commercial version of Logan’s Run for the lobotomized."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 3/4 "Basically one crazy chase after another, which is fitting considering that it’s directed by Michael Bay."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest C+ "...a sci-fier with roots in such films as "Logan's Run," "THX 1138," "Looker" and "Coma," that devolves into one big chase scene after another with lots of explosions"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/5 "Michael Bay's stab at grafting his brand of high-octane mayhem onto an idea-driven sci-fi story gets off to a promising start before degenerating into endless car chases and stuff blowing up."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "Welcome to THX 11-Michael Bay! It’s not a science fiction movie, but an incredible simulation!"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/5 "If only some of that product placement coin was spent on working on a few more drafts of the screenplay, The Island could have been a much better film."   Film Threat   Michael Ferraro 2/5 "Utterly heedless of any ideas of logic, plot development, or even spatial sense."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 2.5/4 "The movie’s first part works as provocative sci-fi, and the second part works as mindless action mayhem, but the two parts never manage to find a satisfactory coexistence."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan D+ "Rotten to the core."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 2.5/5 "An intelligent, provocative premise wrapped in a bone-chillingly stupid action movie."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3/5 "Actually a fairly decent sci-fi thriller for its first half."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B- "For movies of this type, it rarely gets better than 'you could do worse.'"   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "While this isn't top flight science fiction, at least it is real science fiction."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C+ "The best that I can say about The Island is that it is a well-made popcorner that is well suited as an air conditioning flick or DVD fodder."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "My eyes hurt. So much action. So many explosions. So few words."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell 4/5 "I don't care what anyone says: A Michael Bay movie that boasts a few thought-provoking ideas is absolutely a step in the right direction."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg 2/4 "Order from McDonald’s and you shouldn’t expect steak. Buy tickets for a Bay film and you shouldn’t expect Oscar-worthy cinema."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "The Island is nothing so dull as a total failure. But it has enough surprises up its clingy white sleeve to make you wish it were better."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek C "The closest thing so far to a good Michael Bay film… [but] whatever cautionary or entertainment value The Island may have must be considered stolen goods."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 8/10 "High-octane action/thriller with the ominous premise of genetic cloning"   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 1/4 "Hokey, retrograde cornpone."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 50) of 53 OFCS Rating: 32% Rotten Page   12   > Next