Filmmaker Michael Bay’s (Transformers) action movie The Island, starring Ewan McGregor (The Ghost Writer) and Scarlett Johansson (Iron Man 2), arrived on Blu-ray on June 21, 2011, in the U.S. from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film was already released on the high-definition format
The 2005 PG-13-rated movie is set in a future when people live in a confined in-door community after much of the planet is rendered uninhabitable. The residents live to win a lottery that will take them to the Island, an idyllic place with trees, sky and ocean. Two of the residents (McGregor and Johansson), however, discover the island is just a ruse, and the people controlling the community have sinister plans for its residents. (Aren’t plans always sinister?)
The Island, which grossed $160 million in theaters, also stars Djimon Hounsou (The Tempest), Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings), Steve Buscemi (The Messenger) and Michael Clarke Duncan (Armageddon).
Paramount generally treats its film’s well on Blu-ray, and this is one of those movies that should look amazing in high-definition. If nothing else, we’re sure the two stars will.
Priced at $19.99, the Blu-ray of The Island includes these special features:
- commentary by director Bay
- featurette “The Future in Action”
- featurette “The Making of The Island“
- and pre-visualization featurette “Forward Thinking.”
Some of these extras are on the DVD
Want a refresher on the movie? Check out the trailer below. Is this on your Blu-ray must-have list?
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