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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Amazon Prime deserted island survival stranded lottery island tidal wave meteorite polar bear

All movies seen on 09/08/2024

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The Island (2018)

Directed by Bo Huang

Disaster | Drama | Romance

Overview

A cataclysmic event causes a man, who dreams of winning the lottery, to become stranded on an island with his co-workers.

Length 134 minutes

Actors

Huang Bo | Shu Qi | Baoqiang Wang | Zhang Yixing | Yu Hewei | Hao Wenting | Wang Xun | Li Qinqin | You-Lin Lee | Liu Yanqing | Zhang Lei | Cady Yang | Xu Zheng | Guan Hu | Ning Hao | Teddy Chan | Liang Jing | Wang Zun | Li Dong

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Finally able to revisit thx to Prime. Not a Well Go release I would buy but glad to see the entire film. I think the tv series probably does better for this story (just like LOST, which this is aping; there’s even a polar bear!). Too much is compressed into this 135min runtime to make the eventual payoff feel earned. But for a disaster x lord of the flies rom-dramedy it’s p good bc of the great actors involved (two leads from MOJIN LOST LEGEND: Shu Qi and Huang Bo, who also directed). Feels like a passion project by Huang Bo and falls into wish fulfilment territory (dopey dude gets the hot lady bc they’re stranded on an island).

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