This is one of the few Micheal Bay movies that I enjoy unreservedly. Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) believes that he is one of a handful of survivors of a worldwide pathogen that has contaminated the Earth. The only safe place is the Island, a paradise attainable by lottery. Lincoln has a lot of questions, however, that are not being adequately answered by the head of the colony, Dr. Merrick (Sean Bean). He breaks protocol repeatedly to find his own answers but there was no way he could have imagined the truth until he sees his fellow "survivors" being dissected for parts. When his best friend, Jordan Two Delta (Scarlett Johansson) is chosen for the lottery, Lincoln knows he has to get her to escape with him.
There is an old B-movie from the 70's called Parts: The Clonus Horror which seems like the progenitor of this story. Parts is a terrible movie and I only saw it because of Mystery Science Theater 3000. In it, a clone living in a manufactured world also discovers the truth and seeks to bring attention to his plight. It's way more depressing, though, and doesn't have nearly as many explosions.
The Island is set in a near future but based off believable tech so it doesn't feel like it was made eleven years ago. Whether or not it will remain that way for another decade, I do not know. This is basically just a guilty pleasure for me because I like Ewan McGregor and explosions.
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