The Island (1980)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.9/10   

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Writers:

Peter Benchley (novel)
Peter Benchley (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 junio 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

Frase comercial:

For 300 years, a terrifying secret has been kept from the outside world.

Plot:

David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean...

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Coast Guard | Modern Pirate | Brainwashing | Murder

Awards:

2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Fun Rubbish...But Rubbish Nonetheless

Cast

Michael Caine	...	Blair Maynard
David Warner	...	John David Nau
Angela Punch McGregor	...	Beth
Frank Middlemass	...	Windsor
Don Henderson	...	Rollo
Dudley Sutton	...	Dr. Brazil
Colin Jeavons	...	Hizzoner
Zakes Mokae	...	Wescott
Brad Sullivan	...	Stark
Jeffrey Frank	...	Justin Maynard
John O'Leary	...	Doctor #1
Bruce McLaughlin	...	Doctor #2
Jimmy Casino	...	Doctor #3
Suzanne Astor	...	Mrs. Burgess
Susan Bredhoff	...	Kate

También conocida como:

Isla, La (Spain) [es]

Duración:

115 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Canada:14 (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Norway:16 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

Coast Guard cutter is the USCGC Dauntless (WMEC 624). She used to deploy out of Florida, but now is home ported in Galveston, Texas.

Quotes:

Beth: What's that?
Blair Maynard: It's a drug called cocaine.
Beth: What does it cure?
Blair Maynard: Insecurity.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Empire of the Censors (1995) (TV)

Fun Rubbish...But Rubbish Nonetheless

Make no mistakes here. The Island, based on the novel by the same name by Peter Benchley, is far - far from being a good film. The basic premise has Michael Caine and his son, in a relationship that is strained by divorce and a workaholic father, flying to Florida to "discover" what is causing the disappearance of so many ships - in and by what is known as the "Devil's Triangle" or "Bermuda's Triangle." Soon they discover that an island not far off has housed pirates still thinking they live in the times of James I (circa early 1600's). Okay. These pirates capture Caine and son and in two days or so totally brainwash the boy to become one of them. Okay. From there things get even less plausable. The pirates do such things as take a drug ship and even out-maneuver a Coast Guard ship. Wow! The knowledge and technology of the 20th century cannot detect life on a small island just outside the coast of the United States? I really had some difficulty with the plot, but even after I was able to "accept" many of the proceedings things went from ridiculous to sublimely ridiculous. The scene on the drug trafficers boat being the zenith of this ridiculousness(or nadir of film if you prefer). After watching his companions slain and captured, one of the guys on the boat comes up and sees all the pirates and begins smiling and doing karate moves. The scene is totally out of character for the rest of the film, and one has to feel very bad for Michael Caine watching this go on. There were also other scenes which were just inappropriate. That being said, Island, as many viewers have noted, is very watchable in a this is a bad movie yet fun to watch vein. Caine does an adequate job with what he has to work with. The woman playing his pirate wife is very good, and Frank Middlemass gives a good turn as a morally bankrupt historian helping the pirates. There is a lot of violence in the film, much of it totally lacking credibility and need. The opening scene with the doctors on the boat is one such scene. The finale is also a real hoot. Thank God our Coast Guard are not this inept!