The Island
(dir. Michael Bay)
In the future, two beautiful survivors of Earth's 'contamination' while away their days in a utopian paradise, hoping to win the lottery and move to another even more utopian paradise. Then they realise they're just clones of rich or famous people, being harvested for spare parts in a secret underground bunker.
Very nice of Michael Bay to 'tackle' the issue of cloning for us, as I wasn't really sure what to make of it. The whole set up to this movie is kind of dumb, and pretty derivative of THX1138 and Logan's Run, but once they get out into the real world things pick up. The fact that the 'real' Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson are characters not dissimilar to themselves (Scottish motorcycle riding hoon & Calvin Klein model) is a nice twist, and the whole thing is just so big, fast, slick and expensive that it's hard not to enjoy it.
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