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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

7/27/2006

The Island (2005)

Super first half. Most of the world's population has been wiped out by some catastrophe and the survivors are living in a sterile environment where every facet of their lives are controlled and observed. For example, the first pee of the morning is immediately analyzed and diet adjusted accordingly. Everyone hopes they'll win the periodic "lottery," which whisks the winner away to the Island -- the last open-air, unaffected place on earth. And then, halfway through, it turns into an OK-but-usually-unbelievable action movie.

It's definitely watchable, but I got a little tired of wondering "how in the world could anyone survive that?"

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