Well, duh. The trailers for this film did the thing trailers are not supposed to do. It gave almost the entire film away. By the time I walked into the theater, I knew that Ewan McGregor played a clone, that he found out who he really was, and that "going to the island" meant the clones were killed for their organs. I guess it's okay to know all this because, even being aware of it, I enjoyed the film and the premise. This could, of course, be because I adore Ewan McGregor and just enjoy watching him on the big screen. But I'm sure it was also the action, the romance, the humor, and the fact that, at one point, there were actually two Ewans on the screen at the same time!
So anyway, the basic premise involves two clones who enjoy spending time with each other, until one of them "wins the lottery" to go to The Island. Ewan's character (Lincoln Six Echo) sneaks around and finds out that there is no island and that his "girlfriend" is about to be killed. They escape from the facility where they are being held, which looks like a missle silo or something, and run out into a desert. I won't go into what happens next because it's actually an interesting ride. So if you have a discount theater in your town and you're bored one night, you should see this film. It's not playing at first run theaters anymore, but some of the discount ones may still be playing it. It's a fun night at the movies.
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