Michael Bay (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor) directs the futuristic
action thriller The Island, starring Ewan McGregor (Star Wars:
Episodes I and II, Moulin Rouge!) and Scarlett Johansson (Lost
in Translation, Girl With a Pearl Earring).
Lincoln Six-Echo (McGregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian
but contained facility in the mid-21st century. Like all of the
inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes
to be chosen to go to the The Islandreportedly the last
uncontaminated spot on the planet.
But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a
lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are
actually human clones whose only purpose is to provide spare
parts for their original human counterparts. Realizing it is only
a matter of time before he is harvested, Lincoln makes a daring
escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta
(Johansson).
Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that
once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their
lives to literally meet their makers.
