The Island(2005)

Poster of The Island

Synopsis

Lincoln Six-Echo and Jordan Two-Delta are among the hundreds of residents of a contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, everything about their day-to-day lives is monitored, seemingly for their own good. The only way out--and the hope they all share--is to be chosen to go to The Island, reportedly the last uncontaminated spot in the world following an ecological disaster that took the lives of everyone on the planet except them. Recently plagued by unexplained nightmares, Lincoln is restless and increasingly questioning of the restrictions placed on his life. But he is unprepared for the truth when his growing curiosity leads to the terrible discovery that everything about his existence is a lie, that The Island is a cruel hoax and that he, Jordan and everyone they know are actually more valuable dead than alive. With time running out, Lincoln and Jordan make a daring escape to the outside world they've never known. Once they are away from the prying eyes of the institute, the innocent friendship the two shared begins to deepen into something more. But with the forces of the institute relentlessly hunting them down, Lincoln and Jordan have one overriding mission: to live.
Lincoln Six-Echo and Jordan Two-Delta are among the hundreds of residents of a contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, everything about their …
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In Theaters

  • July 22, 2005

MPAA Rating

PG 13 (for Intense sequences of violence and action, some sexuality and language)

Genres

Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

Run Time

2 hours 7 minutes

Distributors

DreamWorks Studios

Box Office

$35,799,024

Director

Michael Bay

Director

CAST

Ewan McGregor

Lincoln Six-Echo/Tom Lincoln

Scarlett Johansson

Jordan Two-Delta/Sarah Jordan

Djimon Hounsou

Albert Laurent

Sean Bean

Merrick

Steve Buscemi

McCord

Michael Clarke Duncan

Starkweather
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