The Island

This movie has it all for an action movie to watch with your friends, spouse, or by yourself. Great storyline, solid acting, beautiful photography, and wonderful music. The fight scenes were my favorite. I watched it with my wife on our day off and it was a fun afternoon.

Michael Jai White and Gillian White really worked well together, as well as Jackson Rathbone. Edoardo Costa played off perfect as my favorite bad guy.

I'm a retired policeman and former wrestler so I tend to judge movies harshly when it comes to firearm tactics and martial arts, but I saw nothing that stopped the flow of just a good action film.

Great movie. I'd watch it again.

All the best,

Kope.

Michael Jai White, a supremely skilled martial artist and actor, has graced both remarkable and forgettable films with his presence. Known for his impressive combat abilities and powerful screen presence, White's talent is undeniable. However, even a martial arts master like him cannot always rescue a movie from a weak script or lackluster direction.

While he has starred in some acclaimed action films like "Black Dynamite," he has also appeared in less successful works.

Sometimes (pretty often), scripts are written by inexperienced or underqualified writers who may lack the skills to create a compelling and coherent story.

I love Michael Jai White acting/fighting skills but they were totally wasted in this movie. For an actor of his caliber, he deserves much better. I just sat through the entire movie just for his sake but I can conclude it was terrible.

The writing, acting and directing are just horrendous. Bad acting portrayed in the movie. The storyline was just all over the place. Some scenes didn't make sense, couldn't make out their importance. For anyone wanting to watch this movie, I will advise not to waste your time. I gave it a 3 rating just because of Michael Jai White, otherwise it would have been much lower.

This B-movie action revenge drama opens on an unnamed Caribbean island. Wealthy Colombian Manuel is interviewing a singer; when the waiter who is serving them spills wine on her he murders the man! The waiter has a brother, Mark, who works for the LAPD; he returns to the island and doesn't believe what he is told about his brother getting mixed up with gangs that have troubled the island in recent years. As Mark starts investigating Manuel sends his thugs after him... inevitably this goes badly for them and Mark has Manuel in his sights. It won't be easy though; Manuel is a danger to anybody close to Mark and he has a lot of people working for him.

This is not a great film; the plot is fairly cliché and the outcome won't surprise anybody. That said no one would claim it aspired to greatness; it is just trying to be an entertaining action drama made on a relatively tight budget... at this is succeeds. The opening scenes effectively introduce the villain then our hero and the story is quickly under way. There are plenty of action scenes spread throughout the movie with just enough conversational scenes in between to advance the plot. The action is decent enough with martial arts and gun-play. Michael Jai White is solid as Mark; good enough to think he deserves better material in future. The rest of the cast are okay even if some are a bit hammy... the genre almost demands that. The setting, filmed in location in St Kitts and Nevis looks great. Overall I'd say this is fun enough; worth watching if you enjoy the lesser action films that were churned out in the '80s and '90s.

This movie is 100% miss able. Within minutes I knew I was in for a raw deal. The only reason I stick it out was so I could say I saw it and have every right, therefore to trash the steaming pile. . .

Bad writing, bad acting, bad directing. It you took a nap while it was on, you got the best out of the deal. This is not a joke.

Now, an aside to the shillers that "reviewed" this mindnumbing hogwash, if you are gonna shill don't go over the top with your 10 star ratings and your raving review. It's waaaaay too obvious that "here be unalloyed, unashamed shilling". Those are red flags. A good shill is a 6-7 rating and some toned down texts that tries to show some balance in your dreck. Serve up some appreciaition for this and for that. Then mention one or two places that could have been better. Stuff like that.

Whatever you do, always remember that yes, a rose is still a rose even if you call it a venus fly trap.

Conversely, a full outhouse is still is still a full outhouse even if you call it the Waldorf Astoria.