The Island

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Although trailers and plot summaries gave away a lot of the story, I was still surprised by its intensity. An early scene involving two of the lottery winners continues to haunt me , as does a later discussion of what it means to be branded "less than human". The action sequences had me gripping the arms of my chair. I thought Jordan and Lincoln's innocence was very well-done and appropriate for the life they had led. Parts of "The Island " reminded me of "Brave New World", other parts were similar to "logan's Run" and I was even reminded in a small way of "The Matrix"-but none of the similarities seemed like cheap imitations,more like an expansion of an older theme. Overall it was a very good movie.