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[[File:theisland.jpg|frame|This movie is a proud advocate of [[Human Resources|recycling!]] Almost 90% of it is [[Parts the Clonus Horror|reused]].]]
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''[[The Island]]'' is a 2005 film by [[Michael Bay]] set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] starring [[Ewan McGregor]] as [[You Are Number Six|Lincoln Six Echo]] and [[Scarlett Johansson]] as Jordan Two Delta. They live in a tightly controlled facility for "survivors" from a vague disaster that rendered the Earth uninhabitable except for "The Island", a paradise on Earth. Periodically, survivors "found" in the outside world are brought in, needing to learn basic skills like reading, while others "win the lottery" and get to go to the island.▼
▲{{quote| "''You're special. You have a very special purpose in life. You've been chosen. The Island awaits you.''"}}
It turns out [[Tomato in
▲''The Island'' is a 2005 film by [[Michael Bay]] set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] starring [[Ewan McGregor]] as [[You Are Number Six|Lincoln Six Echo]] and [[Scarlett Johansson]] as Jordan Two Delta. They live in a tightly controlled facility for "survivors" from a vague disaster that rendered the Earth uninhabitable except for "The Island", a paradise on Earth. Periodically, survivors "found" in the outside world are brought in, needing to learn basic skills like reading, while others "win the lottery" and get to go to the island.
Many fans consider this an unofficial remake of ''[[
▲It turns out [[Tomato in The Mirror|they're all clones]] that will be [[People Farms|used for spare parts]] as part of a life-insurance policy, and those [[Released to Elsewhere|sent off to The Island]] [[The Cake Is a Lie|are killed]]. When Lincoln starts [[Ghost Memory|getting dreams]] [[Genetic Memory|from his original]] he gets curious and stumbles across a harvesting procedure, he goes back to rescue Jordan and the two escape to the outside world.
▲Many fans consider this an unofficial remake of ''[[Parts the Clonus Horror]]'', since both share far too many similarities to be coincidence. It also seems to have echoes of [[Logan's Run]]. Also notable for being one of the ''many'' movies in which [[Sean Bean]] is a bad guy.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Dr. Merrick and the original Tom Lincoln.▼
* [[Aesoptinum]]
▲* [[Affably Evil]]: Dr. Merrick and the original Tom Lincoln.
* [[Brick Joke]]: Dr. Merrick injects microprobes into Lincoln near the beginning of the film, and says that he will pass them through his urine. Later Lincoln is seen standing in front of of a urinal, groaning.
** While you can hear something going CLINK CLINK CLINK in the Urinal.
* [[City in
* [[Cloning Blues]]
* [[Color Wash]]: [[Orange-Blue
* [[Cool but Inefficient]]
* [[Cool Car]]: Lincoln's "real" self designs them as well as boats, which his clone dreams about and are our first clue that something's up.
* [[Evil Brit]]: Dr. Merrick -- he's played by [[Sean Bean]], so of course.
* [[Expendable Clone]]
* [[Eye Scream]]: Lincoln is injected with microprobes near the beginning of the film, which enter via the eye sockets.
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Lincoln and Jordan after escaping, they have no concept of how ''anything'' in the real world works.
* [[Genetic Memory]]: How Lincoln can drive all the cool vehicles in the movie, and mimic Tom Lincoln's Scottish accent with impeccable accuracy.
* [[Guys Smash, Girls Shoot]]
* [[Let's Meet the Meat]]: Quoted with amusing and unnerving effect by Buscemi's character ''"Well just because you like the hamburger does not mean you want to meet the cow."''▼
▲* [[Guys Smash Girls Shoot]]- Lincoln uses crowbars and hand-to-hand combat to fight while Jordan uses guns. [[Chickification|Even though she was shown to be superior at the]] [[Chekhov's Skill|combat simulator.]]
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: All the workers in the compound refer to the clones as "products", and think about them this way as well, leading to some heartless exchanges like this one:
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(i.e. ''kill'' thousands of ''sentient humans''.)
* [[Jerk
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Dr. Merick gets to do this repeatedly, mostly to create dissonance between things he says (e.g. telling investors that their spare parts do not come from sentient humans) and what he does (heartlessly killing a clone ''who actually likes being there there'' while praising him for the human trait of curiosity).
▲* [[Let's Meet the Meat]]: Quoted with amusing and unnerving effect by Buscemi's character ''"Well just because you like the hamburger does not mean you want to meet the cow."''
* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{spoiler|''[[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]]'' ''[[You Are Number Six|Six Echo]]'' emancipates the clones.}}
* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted, as part of a Brick Joke.
* [[
* [[Oh Crap]]: When it is discovered that the dead Lincoln is {{spoiler|the original Tom Lincoln and not the clone}}.
* [[People Farms]]
* [[Product Placement]]: Probably one of the most blatant examples in movie history: why are there ads for KFC and Microsoft in a closed society filled with penniless clones?
** As Michael Bay notes in the [[DVD Bonus Content|director's commentary]], however, this is not really at all unrealistic, considering society today is awash in advertising
** Also, XBOX.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Djimon Hounsou's mercenary rampages across LA in pursuit of Lincoln and Jordan.
* [[Released to Elsewhere]]: winning a tour to the Island.
* [[Shout
* [[Spot the Imposter]]:
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: [[Sean Bean]] described Dr. Merrick as this in an interview.
** Dr. Merrick presented himself more or less this way to Albert Laurent, although his rather [[Utopia Justifies the Means|megalomaniacal boasting]] suggests he's pretty firmly into villainous [[Mad Scientist]] territory.
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