Hollywood Reporter, Variety Like THE ISLAND?!

By Wind(up)bird July 12, 2005 3:48 AM

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Neither the Hollywood Reporter or Variety review loved hack-director Michael Bay's, The Island, but neither of them hated it either. Both give note the simplicity of the film, that it's basically an action chase film with a plot made for the action sequences, and both give nods to Scarlet Johannson and Ewan McGregor's limited performances. The pic is expected to do bangiup, no-brainer business when it opens in two weeks. Read both Reviews.

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