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Michael BayPhotographie:
Mauro FioreMusique:
Steve JablonskyActeurs·trices:
Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ethan Phillips, Brian Stepanek, Siobhan Flynn (plus)VOD (4)
Résumés(1)
D'ici quelques décennies... Lincoln Six-Echo et sa camarade Jordan Two-Delta font partie des centaines de Produits d'une immense colonie souterraine où la vie est étroitement surveillée et régie par des codes très stricts. Le seul espoir d'échapper à cet univers stérile est d'être sélectionné pour un transfert sur "l'Île". A en croire les dirigeants de la colonie, l'Île serait le dernier territoire à avoir échappé à la catastrophe écologique qui ravagea notre planète quelques années auparavant et en rendit l'atmosphère à jamais irrespirable... Lincoln, comme la totalité de ses congénères, a longtemps cru à ce paradis. Mais depuis quelque temps, des cauchemars récurrents troublent ses nuits, et le jeune homme commence à s'interroger sur le sens de sa vie et les restrictions faites à sa liberté. Poussé par une curiosité tenace, Lincoln découvre bientôt l'atroce vérité... (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (9)
The first film of the repulsive megalomaniac after The Rock, which I again enjoyed with all the icing on the cake. I really don't know why I would want to talk about a more serious idea in the case of The Island, which may be interesting at the embryonic stage, but fortunately Bay is obviously afraid of deeper topics - he reduces the island's ant base into crumbly but tolerable dialogues, and after a while the whole plot is reduced to "from whom it is necessary to escape / who needs to be defeated and what needs to be destroyed". No loops, but on the contrary great action fire from all cannons, fast editing, excellent background music, breathtaking effects (especially the scene with train wheels is breathtaking). The island is dominated by a clinically pure image style, a crystal clear and uncomplicated futuristic aesthetic that is as clear and legible as the story of the film. It slides down the neck and does not burden the stomach. I do not mean that in a bad way. Michael Bay is good at all the cliché slow motion, camera flights, etc., and he can do them cleanly and precisely like few others, and The Island operates with the expression of an action film with absolute bravura. The result is two hours, my brain was sweetly turned off and I rode only on a wave of adrenaline, which is not muffled by anything. A great relaxation experience - I of course understand that whoever was waiting for intelligent sci-fi must have been disappointed. But wanting it from Michael is like wanting a circumcision at St. Vitus. Have I ever written that Scarlett Johansson is absolutely GORGEOUS???
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Contenu (scénaristique) du film le plus captivant jusqu'à présent de Michael Bay. Un sujet sérieux (avec plusieurs scènes oppressantes), habilement traité dans un style enlevé, remplissant tous les paramètres nécessaires d'un blockbuster hollywoodien. Le duo d'acteurs principaux était de mauvais choix commerciaux (producteurs), mais un coup parfait du point de vue dramaturgique (réalisateur). Leurs personnages avaient besoin de la plus grande civilité possible et le plus grand rôle de caractère devait être joué lors de leur familiarisation avec le "nouveau monde". Ma séquence préférée du film est la rencontre avec les enfants à la gare... Ewan McGregor et Scarlett Johansson ne déçoivent pas. Les scènes d'action conservent le meilleur de Bay, celle avec la "guêpe" volante et son survol d'un gratte-ciel est un véritable moment marquant. La conception visuelle et musicale est plus kitsch que par exemple dans "Minority Report", mais elle maintient toujours un niveau de dignité, est crédible et capable de captiver. Et le compositeur Steve Jablonsky dépasse sa propre ombre. On peut trouver quelques failles logiques et le film a deux fins, mais il n'est jamais ennuyeux. J'étais heureux qu'il n'y ait pas encore de fin et que je puisse encore profiter un peu... Le premier film de Michael Bay qui m'a intéressé et amusé non seulement par sa belle mise en scène. Plus intéressant et audacieux que le film de science-fiction de l'année dernière "I, Robot".
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Bay’s attempt at making a different type of movie than he usually does stopped somewhere half-way along the route. In the end, the initially intriguingly developing screenplay proves to be the weakest aspect of this movie. Despite the fact that something is always going on in this picture and despite the frantic editing, paradoxically this seems to lack pace. But even so, thanks to an excellent McGregor and the precise technical aspects, this is an above-average picture which is definitely more endearing than Bay’s previous movies, but unfortunately it isn’t one of his best.
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When I thought, after the Bad Boys II, that Michael Bay had permanently drowned in his action-comedy affectations, I couldn't have been more wrong. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote him a script that suited him perfectly and although it's a timid prelude to Transformers, the futuristic romance is worth it. Ewan McGregor excels in a role that could finally elevate him to the absolute top class (but due to the mentioned box office failure, we didn't get to see it this time either), the rest of the actors support him at a distance, but skillfully. Perhaps it could have spent a little less time before the reveal, but the action in the second half lifts the film completely someplace else.
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For someone who has seen Logan's Run, The Island is a completely pointless affair. Even though the story does go in a different direction in the second half and the whole thing seems to be just a bastardized take on Equilibrium. But I realize that it may not be that much of a big deal for fans of McGregor, Johansson, or Bay.
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Gorgeous Bruckheimer-style camera filters, swooping shots, and overhead views – basically everything that Michael Bay can offer us. The Island is visually stunning, full of gloss, light, and thrilling action. At the same time, it is philosophically and narratively the most sophisticated film by this creator.
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For me, Michael Bay's best film, which is just short of perfection. It's a great blend of sci-fi, drama and action, all spiced up with a touch of romance. It's all accompanied by an incredible soundtrack, composed by the until recently unknown to me Steve Jablonsky. The plot was absolutely meticulously thought out and I didn't get lost at all. The visual effects were carefully done and convincing. In short, this a very good film with an original and unorthodox theme, it could have benefited from a shorter running time, but even that was bearable.
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A weaker 4 stars. Definitely not because Bay made a swashbuckling actioner out of stuff someone else would have made Blade Runner out of -). More because I kind of got lost in it at times, and if the camera had stayed still for a moment I wouldn't have minded at all. Otherwise, probably the most logical lapses I've seen recently.
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I don't like Michael Bay, and after seeing The Island, not much has changed. I've always liked the Bad Boys films, but that's about it. The Island has an interesting idea and that's where it ends. Bay attempted to film something that could be called utopian sci-fi, where the primary focus would be on a socially critical dimension. It mainly works on the action level because that's what Bay enjoys. You can tell. The rest is just a big bubble to stretch the film to over two hours. A good idea chopped up into unbearable long boredom.
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