Uhm, WOW!
Jess and I just got home from being “spontaneous” this evening. We were comfortable on the couch at 8:00 this evening after an afternoon of napping and being lazy when Jess suggested “renting” a movie. I said, let’s see if “The Island” is playing tonight – thinking to myself, “surely not this late in Warsaw on a Sunday.”
“It’s playing in 30-minutes!” came from the computer-room..
We hurriedly brushed hair, got un-lazy, and headed for the car.
Let me just say that we are VERY glad we got out and saw this movie. Even the non-matinee price of seeing a late movie was worth it to us for the entertainment of this 2-hour, 16-minute flick!
The story-line is definitely worth getting into, and seems to be popping up more and more in this day when “cloning” seems to be more and more a possibility.
The action was incredible – I’m pretty sure more Dodge Magnums were destroyed in this film than have even been destroyed in “real life” since they were invented!
A couple bad words and a steamy love scene (without nudity), along with LOTS of destruction, gun-shooting, and exploding stuff get this movie its PG-13 rating.
Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor are great actors in this film. I would guess that we’ll see the two of them together again in future acting endeavors.
PluggedIn’s (Focus on the Family) review of this movie points out the “silliness” of the action-sequences – how “over-the-top” they are. Obviously “nothing” in this film could happen – I think that’s part of the reason it was so stinking entertaining!
If you’ve seen this film – use the comments to post your own thoughts!
