The Island
2007 2h 23m movie Film

The Island

الجزيرة

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.

The 2006–2008 Other Asia Window

46 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Island sits at position #8.

  1. M for Mother
    #1

    M for Mother

    ★ 8.1 · 2006

  2. Fireworks Wednesday
    #2

    Fireworks Wednesday

    ★ 7.6 · 2006

  3. The Song of Sparrows
    #3

    The Song of Sparrows

    ★ 7.5 · 2008

  4. The Yacoubian Building
    #4

    The Yacoubian Building

    ★ 7.3 · 2006

  5. Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
    #5

    Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame

    ★ 7.1 · 2007

  6. Chaos, This Is?
    #6

    Chaos, This Is?

    ★ 7.1 · 2007

  7. Tarek's Situation
    #7

    Tarek's Situation

    ★ 7.0 · 2006

  8. The Island

    #8

    The Island

    ★ 7.0 · 2007

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Island. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2000s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Island premiered. 130 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
30
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

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

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