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China · 2018
2h 14m
Director Huang Bo
Starring Huang Bo, Shu Qi, Baoqiang Wang, Zhang Yixing
Genre Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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Imaginative dreamer Ma Jin is not concerned when news breaks of a meteorite bound to strike Earth, instead he is focused his daydreams of winning the lottery and romancing his colleague Shanshan. But when this cataclysmic event occurs during a team-building trip for work, he finds himself shipwrecked on an island with an odd group of coworkers, and with the winning lottery ticket in his pocket.
Film Journal International by Daniel Eagan
Bo’s secret weapon in The Island is Shu Qi, an effortlessly magnetic star who enlivens even the dullest material. Kept in the background for a lot of the story, she still brings a welcome human touch to a plot that keeps threatening to turn into a lecture.
It’s both way too much and also somehow not enough, but even the most exhausting stretches of this bloated import blockbuster are fearless enough to make you wish that American films would follow suit.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
The Island runs hot and cold, with clunky comic set-pieces alternating with moments of genuine wonder and surprise. But even at its most misbegotten, the movie’s always thoughtful, examining what we value — and why.
This mix of broad humor, survivalist drama and romance opens brightly and ends with a bang but stutters a little in the middle.
There are no good or bad people in The Island, just a group of hapless schmucks who become more sympathetic as they get more desperate.
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