The Island (1980)

Directed by

Michael Ritchie

Genre

horror film, thriller film, pirate film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 102 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist and his son stumble upon a hidden Caribbean island where a group of savage pirates has been living for centuries. These pirates have survived by raiding passing boats and the journalist must find a way to escape with his son.

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What happens

The Island is a 1980 American action adventure-thriller film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Michael Caine and David Warner. The film was based on a 1979 novel of the same name by Peter Benchley who also wrote the screenplay. It is about a savage group of pirates, made up of outcasts, thieves, and murderers, who are hidden from the outside world by an uncharted Caribbean island, and who have raided boats to sustain themselves since the 17th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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