Synopsis
الجزيرة
Mansour El-Hefny’s wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Island. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Drama in Other Asia
38 Other Asia titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Island itself).
The 2006–2008 Other Asia Window
The Island holds position #8 of 46 Other Asia films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Other Asia, 130 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Island premiered alongside 13 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 13 other Other Asia films in 2007.
The 208th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
30 audience reviews — more than 77% of Other Asia films in our index.
Review volume (77th percentile) outruns trending popularity (39th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #190 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Action productions specifically: #13 of 70 (top 19%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Egypt |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Runtime | 2h 23m |
| Release Date | December 18, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt1173901 |