Fantasy Island

[Brian in Mesa]

Fantasy Island

Release Date: February 14, 2020
Studio: Blumhouse, Sony
Director: Jeff Wadlow
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for violence, terror, drug content, suggestive material and brief strong language)
Screenwriters: Jeff Wadlow, Chris Roach, Jillian Jacobs
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Adventure

Starring: Michael Pena, Jimmy O. Yang, Dave Bautista, Lucy Hale

Plot Summary: The enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island's mystery in order to escape with their lives.

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[puckhead]

 

[AzStevenCal]

Are you writing it off because of the trailer, the cast or perhaps because it appears to be a bastardization of a TV show you're fond of or is there some other reason?

Personally, I'm intrigued although it's probably not much different than the recent Escape Room which failed to meet our expectations. For us, though, it will depend on the mix of action/adventure, mystery and horror. If it's heavily slanted towards horror, we won't like it. And if it had been a simple adaptation of Fantasy Island, we wouldn't have even considered it as that was not our kind of show.

 

[puckhead]

Are you writing it off because of the trailer, the cast or perhaps because it appears to be a bastardization of a TV show you're fond of or is there some other reason?

Personally, I'm intrigued although it's probably not much different than the recent Escape Room which failed to meet our expectations. For us, though, it will depend on the mix of action/adventure, mystery and horror. If it's heavily slanted towards horror, we won't like it. And if it had been a simple adaptation of Fantasy Island, we wouldn't have even considered it as that was not our kind of show.

A little from category one and a lot from category two. I loved FI as a kid.

I'll await your review.

 

[Covert Rain]

My brother went to see this. I asked him for his review. He said "Two words. Complete trash". Yikes!

 

[Chaplin]

My brother went to see this. I asked him for his review. He said "Two words. Complete trash". Yikes!

For this kind of movie, is that REALLY a bad review?

 

[Covert Rain]

For this kind of movie, is that REALLY a bad review?

I guess it could be but he loves horror movies.