Island

This movie is about a young girl searching for her birth mother...and revenge. Along the way, she finds her biological mother and a brother she never knew she had set amongst the background of a mysterious island. The movie starts with Nikki sharing a fairy tale, which plays beautifully into the movie later on. (won't say too much, don't want to ruin it). The movie carries on through Nikki, the main character, and what kind of life she's had since being abandoned at birth. Containing various flashbacks of life as a kid in the foster care system, her past is bleak, painful and riddled with dark undercurrents. When she finds birth mother, she is very cold and uncaring of anyone or anything but her son Calum, Nikki's half brother played by Colin Morgan. Nikki's anger is palpable, but she manages to keep most of it hidden. You can't help but feel for Nikki despite her wish to want her mother dead. Colin Morgan does a FANTASTIC job (also with a new, really convincing accent as well) as her strangely eccentric, head in the clouds half brother who wonders the cliffs near the seas. He shares fairy tales/folk stories with Nikki and shows her about the island, all while collecting little trinkets, bottles, shoes, whatever "treasures" he finds. He plays this part with so much honesty and adorable, child-like naivete he can't help but become your favorite of the movie. Natalie Press plays Nikki with so much stifled anger, yet clever manipulation you are actually with and behind her most of the way. However, how far will Nikki go to get the truth? This is a truly great movie, but it has some disturbing elements to it. So be aware, this should probably be viewed by adults only. Still, as a whole, I loved this movie and have watched it more than once. My particularly favorite part is the end and I might have that part set on replay! Should check this out, worth the buy!

Colin Morgan gives a superb, sensitive, hauntingly beautiful performance, breathing life into the challenging role of Calum-an innocent, mentally/emotionally challenged character. Natalie Press gives a notable performance as Nikki, a severely disturbed young woman arriving at the Island, with the clandestine obsessive/compulsive determination to murderously revenge her abandonment as an infant. The interpersonal relationship between Calum and Nikki is masterfully portrayed; Janet McTeer is excellent in her secondary role. The darkly beautiful cinematography on-site in the Hebrides wonderfully matches the darkness of the story line and performs wonders on its very moderate budget. This film is far more than worthwhile to watch.

This was a lot darker than I expected and they left one major part of the show rather ambiguous which makes it disturbing. Wonderful acting on the part of Colin Morgan, of course. I would never call it a fairy tale. Natalie Press also did a good job playing her part. I am not familiar with her as an actress; I bought this so I could watch Colin Morgan, to scrutinize his talent. The setting is perfect in making this a dark and foreboding film. Overall, if you like dark, psychological thrillers, this movie won't disappoint you.

I love anything with Colin Morgan in it, so this gets rave reviews from me. He is a brilliant actor with a long career ahead of him.

Colin Morgan is great!

Definitely worth watching, although the "F" word is used frequently...not really keen on that....but really sweet story line and Morgan and Press put out excellent performances both individually and together. This show is very dark and moody with a surprise ending.

I wish I never saw this movie.

I bought this film because it starred Colin Morgan who I feel is an up and coming actor and I wanted to see if he could deliver and he did. He became well know in his role of Merlin in the BBC series of the same name. In the last disc of the series, when he was asked what he wanted to do in the future, he said that he wanted challenging roles. Well, he has found them. I found he in "Parked" where he plays a young man on drugs who befriends a homeless man (Colm Meany) and this story "Island." This is a dark tale in every sense of the word. The scenes are all dark in almost a black and gray background. It revolves basically three people. Nikki Black who is a very angry 39 year old woman who was raised in the orphan/foster system who has found out who her birth mother is and who has set out to find out why she was given up and then to kill her. She meets up with her mother under the guise of doing research of the area. Her mother Phliss Loverage has a son Calum MacLoud. The film is very slow moving as it should be as this is not an action thriller with car chases and buildings being blown up but more a suspense film.. There are two surprises at the end.that should make you shout "What!" I give it a four star

J'aime beaucoup Colin Morgan et l’atmosphère glaciale de l'Islande avec les paysages magnifiques rend ce film agréable à regarder. Attention film en Anglais et Colin Morgan a un fort accent Irlandais.

Sólo por ver la actuación de estos dos actores principales vale la pena ver esta película. He decidido comprarme el libro original.

I went to see this film in london last month as a fan of Colin Morgan (From BBC Merlin) I couldn't resist!!! It's so so fantastic, his acting is amazing (as useual) and surpriseingly, but such a short cast, the other actors were well matched and just as amazing as Colin. I thought the film as a whole was stepping in dangerous teritory, but in a way that was much of the films charm. I definently think the film works and stands alone (But, Me being me, wanting more of an understanding - went and bought the book, which was very insightive. I think if you love this film, go and read the book! it has a lot of Nikki's (the main characters) personal thoughts and feelings, and her motivations behind why she does certain things that the film does not have. Still. The film is bloody brilliant! It's much a tale of redemption, Very intruguing and brilliant. Recommend. I certainly can't wait for the release! *_* (Sorry about my spelling mistakes in this review! LOL)

È un bellisimo film interpretato dal bravissimo attore Colin Morgan (Merlin)

I haven’t watched it yet but I am grateful that it arrived and in excellent condition.