The I-Land (2019) User Reviews (1,179)

Vanished Vision and Hopes

[pawanpunjabithewriter · 4/10 · 20 July 2023]

For around 6 years, TV Series "Lost" remained on my watchlist, but unfortunately, it was not available on any OTT platform, leaving me unable to watch it. While I had watched several good movies in the same genre during my quest for "Lost," such as "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Cast Away," both were good, the latter stood out as an absolute classic gem.

This time, I discovered an entire series that piqued my interest. The scenic locations portrayed in the series were truly spectacular and visually arresting. The name itself allured me, promising a great experience. Sometimes, we do watch contents based on the first-look and the name, however, they can be deceiving and could fool us.

Unfortunately, the writing in the series proved to be quite lackluster, greatly diminishing the potential of the entire script. The pace of the story's development was slow, and it failed to truly captivate me. Consequently, I couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Despite a few glorious moments and attractive scenes, including those featuring girls in bikinis, they couldn't salvage the overall justice of the series. Regrettably, I would have to rate it a mere 3.5/10.

Is this a joke ?

[hurcanemre-77884 · 4/10 · 14 September 2019]

See, i don't remember where but i remember reading somewhere for chaos to build up the characters need to give wrong unexpected decisions. I guess that's the motto of this series. But it is applying it wrong, really wrong. I guess this is what happens when the creators are not down to earth and trying to create "art" rather than being familiar. Every decision the characters make are laughable. Every act they proceed is unfamiliar and unreal. The four i gave is for the crew that had to work on that conditions.

A rare miss from Netflix

[jsucie · 5/10 · 18 September 2019]

After watching all 7 episodes in one day, this made me wonder "what was the point of making this?" This could have had a lot of potential but tried to hard to not be like "Lost" that it comes off as a cheap movie version of Lost. I think all the writers that were fired on Lost all got together, came up with all the ideas that didn't work, found the one executive in charge of programming at Netflix that never saw a single episode of Lost & convinced them to fund it. They even write in some blatant references to Lost in the first episode.

This show could have been done far more enticing things if it had been expanded to 13 episodes. They really could have amped up the mystery of what was happening if they had actual time to expand the whole story. Instead they give away all the mystery by the 4th episode and after that there was no point for the last 3.

Very disappointing for what it is and what it could have been.

Truly Terrible

[shawlaw · 1/10 · 14 September 2019]

I kept watching this. I don't know why...maybe some kind of masochistic self hate?

The plot? Terrible. The main characters? Terrible. The secondary characters? Especially terrible (I'm looking at you, Warden). The dialogue? TERRIBLE. WHY? Why did I keep watching this? Why wasn't it better? Who made this? Can we stop them from ever making something again? Terrible. Just terrible. I truly cannot believe I finished it. It doesn't get better. It just doesn't.

What?

[mquirozv · 1/10 · 12 September 2019]

Certainly this money could've been used for season 3 of The OA. Just Awful.

Stop right now

[sound_republic · 1/10 · 13 September 2019]

The shows first few episodes were poorly scripted but I persevered. By episode 3 it starts to pick up and the plot starts to develop and you start to think things will get better until the twist at the end feels like a slap to the face. If you like getting slapped in the face watch this series.

Based on Shakespeare's Play "The Tempest"

[jatson · 6/10 · 26 September 2019]

All of the episode titles are quotes from "The Tempest." ("Oh brave new world that has such creatures in it"-in light of the play telling us at once that pretty faces disguise dark hearts.) One subplot of "The Tempest" is that Prospero the magician has a ship carrying a variety of noblemen and courtiers to his island and has them wander around thinking they are alone and tested by various illusions in order to find out if they are good people at heart, mediocre people, or bad people. That's what happens in this series, more or less. Prospero uses a spirit being named Ariel to make this happen, much as two people show up to guide or warn and to watch the survivors. At the end of the play, Prospero makes his decisions. Knowing this makes the series more fun.

Who wrote this???

[familyconvention · 2/10 · 14 September 2019]

So, you wake up on an island, you wear the same clothes, there are like 10 of you and all of you don't remember anything and your decision is to basically say "yeah whatever, let's go swimming!" Then you discover that there are 39 steps between all the spots where you have been awaken, and if you multiply this number by the amount of your group. You go there and you see a sign that says "find your way back". Your reaction? "It's all a coincidence"

Never have I seen such moronic, selfish, un-relatable characters.

And by the way, the politics where just drizzling on me through the screen. Horrible men, suffering women, school shootings...

It's all just very very bad!

Starts slow, but gets better

[ashthornley · 6/10 · 12 September 2019]

It is a weird show and the acting isn't the best.. but if you can make it through the first 2 episodes the concept gets better than what you might think. Keep an open mind and give it a shot.

Terrible.

[Sicballs · 3/10 · 12 September 2019]

Poor acting, poor direction, and ridiculous dialogue. The characters are completely unlikeable and unrelatable. I don't see this show going anywhere, tbh.

Get past episode 1

[baileehenson · 8/10 · 13 September 2019]

Literally made an account just to say this show is actually pretty decent. Much, MUCH better than the first episode.... Not really even sure what was up with that. It's definitely a Lost rip off (the characters almost exactly) but it's entertaining and does have its own plot and twists. I feel like all of the bad reviews either came from people who didn't watch even through the first episode, or are just trolls. Give it a chance. It won't win any awards, but it's a great binge show.

Episode 3 it picks up

[kaseymoore-36153 · 6/10 · 12 September 2019]

I'm 100% behind most of these reviews when only applied to the first two episodes.

Beyond episode 3, however, is a nice sci-fi plot reminiscent of Black Mirror. Stick with it sci-fi fans and to Netflix, actually make good pilots!

Your Time Is Better Spent Reading all 495 reviews

[genious-35413 · 1/10 · 17 September 2019]

You might THINK you want to watch this. Maybe you miss Lost... or maybe you like bad... I mean REALLY bad TV. This show is kind of like seeing the Room but with better looking production values. But the dialog is as bad, the acting is as bad. It's just not as much fun as The Room. There are some truly hilariously memorable moments. A woman shooting a guy in the stomack with a flare gun that goes straight through his body (not possible) but as he falls onto his back, he's not even really bleeding... As amusing as this is, it's not worth wasting your time on. How is it possible that Neil Labute's name is attached to this? Go watch Billy and Billie if you want to see how brilliant he truly is.

The Island of Bad Actors

[JeffsReviews · 1/10 · 12 September 2019]

Somehow, all the worst possible actors and actresses end up on the same island in this Netflix series. If that's not enough, they all react to situations in the exact opposite manner a normal human would. I'm still confused as to how Netflix put their name on this?

And Netflix keeps upping their prices for this?

[vsx819 · 1/10 · 12 September 2019]

So Netflix price has went up £2.00 again in the UK They cancel great films and series, then make this... Really???

They had a fun show like Santa Clarita Diet, but cancelled it.

Use our money to get top actors and great writers, then I wont mind paying a premium.

Poor show Netflix

Oh boy

[BjarneMadox · 3/10 · 14 September 2019]

This is so bad that it's going to be studied by future generations. It's completely mind-boggling that something like this can be made in 2019. I'm impressed!

Difficult in the beginning

[skoppeli · 7/10 · 12 September 2019]

Yes it is difficult to watch in the beginning. Characters are very annoying. But if you manage to fight through first 3 episodes it might get a bit easier. Or maybe it's just my fascination for psychological stuff which saved it for me. But 1/10 reviews are a bit too harsh..

Alright Now Netflix! Stop it!

[clif-L · 1/10 · 13 September 2019]

I was looking forward to this show. I was sorely disappointed. 1) Woman fights three men, knocks them all out, then a woman knocks her out with a stick. What!? 2) A known violent woman is being escorted around a prison UNCUFFED. Knocks out all four guards. What!? 3) Same woman is talking to the warden of the prison UNCUFFED. Hits the warden in the mouth. What!? 4) Same woman being driven to another part of the prison UNCUFFED. Overtakes the guard, knocks him out, and jumps out the open back of the truck. What!? 5) After someone is randomly attacked by a shark, someone says, "I have a bad feeling about this." Really!? After a while, when a show starts ignoring common sense details, it makes me feel that the writers think we're stupid and that we'll eat whatever garbage they feed us. It's actually insulting. Soon, we WILL be stupid if we continue paying Netflix for this kind of stuff. Whatever Netflix paid for this, they paid too much. That guy that does the Cinema Sins channel on YouTube should start doing Netflix shows, for real.

PROBLEMS but WORTH A LOOK

[sweetmarylenore · 7/10 · 12 September 2019]

I'm on the 5 episode and I'm hooked!! Even though a few of the actors are not that great, I'm invested in the overall cast!!

Meh

[rigger-87556 · 1/10 · 12 September 2019]

It's like lost but with no thought into the script. To start, everyone has amnesia but they somehow know exactly what type of personality that have. And with these personalities we have the same old steriotypes as your general low budget college horror movie. It's absurd that people mysteriously wake up on a deserted island with strangers and think hey, let's have fun and go for a swim.... Yeah but nah, giving this train crash a miss.

Slow start but gets better

[juliaha-89011 · 8/10 · 13 September 2019]

Predictable script until u get into episode 3. It gets better as you go so stick with it.

Why all the 1's?

[joe_saville · 7/10 · 26 September 2019]

It wasn't the greatest show on earth but it was still better than the one average. It's only seven episodes just stick with it it's not that bad!

How do Netflix fund this garbage?

[conallboyle · 3/10 · 12 September 2019]

It's genuinely mind boggling that people are willing to invest money to produce this show.

If CW made a low budget version of "Lost"

[botswana9000 · 2/10 · 14 September 2019]

Awful dialogue, no likable characters and not intriguing enough to wait for mystery reveal.

Oh boy! This is bad. Very bad.

[calocamilla · 1/10 · 13 September 2019]

Is this a joke? A bunch of people wakes up in a desert island without knowing who they are, where they are and how they can survive. Nobody freaks out. Instead they sunbathe, they take a swim and flirt a little. This is episode 1. I couldn't watch more. Dear Mr Netflix stop producing this garbage. Please.