The Island
2005
**½
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi
A man who thinks he is one of the survivors of the Contamination discovers that he and his fellowmen and women are all clones waiting to be harvested for body parts. The beginning of this science fiction story is gripping, although everything in it reminds me of something I've seen before. Just when it seems like Michael Bay is in danger of making his first smart movie, he packs the second half full of loud and empty-headed chase scenes. Los Angeles of 2019 seems curiously advanced with its sky trains, considering that the city hasn't managed to build a decent public transport system in the preceding 500 years.
