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Actors: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansen
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Island |
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The movie takes place in a advanced location where people are being cloned for body parts, who are lied to and told that they were saved from a virus that swept across the plant. Ewan McGregor plays one of the clones. He has enormous facial warts.
--Megan Cohen, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Island |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Repressive Society
Yes
Repression:
- controls your mind
- controls your sex
- kills without good reason
Clones/duplicates?
- good clones/duplicates
Clones/Duplicates?
Yes
Who's being repressed/enslaved?
- humans are slaves
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- engineer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) crewcut/very short
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- English/British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average (female)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- scientist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity
- White
Setting
Desert?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- prison
- mental hospital
Kind of city
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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