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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Showtime Ent.
Salesrank: 16361
Released: August 15, 2006 |
| Our Price: $4.51 |
| Used Price: $5.25 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Three arrive…one survives. Wealthy businessman Jack Matson (Billy Zane) and his beautiful wife Jennifer (Kelly Brook) are on a vacation in the Caribbean. Their vacation is cut short, however, when handsome Latin boatman Manuel (Juan Pablo Di Pace) accidentally causes the yacht to sink. Washed ashore a remote island and left for dead, Jack and Jennifer find that they must fend for themselves if they are to survive. But when they find that they are not the only survivors on the island, a primal and erotic tale of survival and jealousy ensues when Manuel appears and develops an attraction to Jennifer. As life becomes more and more competitive--and dangerous--on the island, Jennifer must decide to follow her heart or her instincts if she is to survive.
Survival Island Reviews:
Great potential but falls short 
2009-11-25 - Caught this one night on cable. I guess I should start with, I am a fan of Billy Zane. I think he is a good intense actor and he does not disappoint in this movie. As far as Kelly Brook and Juan Pablo di Pace go, well, this is where the weakness in the movie starts.
The movie is about a wealthy couple, Jack and Jennifer, who are stranded on a deserted island with Manuel their boatman. The story in the beginning is simply about survival on a deserted island. But it then quickly becomes about the struggle between Jack and Manuel with Jack's wife Jennifer being the mediator and eventual prize.
The strong parts of the movie are:
Billy Zane - He plays a good part of a jealous and suspicious husband trying to take charge of a situation in which he has no control.
The scenery: truly beautiful with some great shots underwater.
The Story: Well the first half anyway's.
The bad:
Jennifer and Manuel: You are supposed to like them, connect and root for them but it is impossible. Instead of being the victims they come off as the villains in the movie. This really messing things up.
The second have the movie: This is where they start to make Jack the villain and the other two the victims. It just does not work. Yes Jack is jealous and paranoid but for good reason. His wife is sleeping around. She has turned on him. How can you root for two people who don't care about the third, who with everything they do they hurt him. The movie wants you to root for them but I rooted for Jack the entire movie.
Like I said it had it's good parts but it was to infuriating to watch Jack get treated like dirt and then get blamed for getting mad for me to truly enjoy the movie.
Worth seeing only for Kelly Brook
2009-07-25 - Caught this on cable. It's a ridiculous plot with annoying characters and lengthy dialogue scenes that go on forever (which I fast-forwarded through), but there's some nice underwater scenery (no, seriously).
The only thing that makes this movie completely worth watching on cable, renting, or, at seven bucks, maybe even buying is Kelly Brook, who spends pretty much the entire movie looking AMAZING in a white bikini (very impressive assets). She's also topless quite often, although, until the second half of the film, the shots are fairly quick.
There's also a couple shots of her bare butt, but no frontal nudity. (Big continuity error when she goes skinny-dipping, but comes out of the ocean clearly wearing her bottoms.)
There's also a couple sex scenes; the first one early in the film with Billy Zane features Brook with her hands bound by a leather belt. It's all very hot, but she keeps her arms in the air, well above her head, and it just looked artificial and silly, like Sharon Stone's sex scenes in Basic Instinct. (Not that I'm complaining...)
But I had trouble dealing with how bald Billy Zane was. I'm proud for him that he's willing to not go the Sean Connery route and cover it up with a rug, but it was still unsettling. Oh, and I've always liked Zane, but his performance was awkward; maybe because his character's paranoia about his wife's fidelity (before she actually committed adultery) was absurd.
5 Stars for Kelly Brook! 
2009-03-07 - If you like Kelly Brook the British bombshell you should see this movie! Kelly is hot running around the island in a white bikini. There are also some nude scenes and Kelly shows off her perfect legs, ample mellons and her perfect shape. After she washes ashore on the island we see her laying on her tummy in the sand until she regains her strength. The camera hovers on her butt for a bit. Thank you! She has the perfect bottom. Also lots of skinny dip scenes with Kelly topless and less. She gets attacked by the sailor and this scene goes completely nude. There is a surprise twist to this scene.
Kelly Brook fans will enjoy this movie!
Sexy lil erotic thriller
2009-01-28 - A shipwreck, a slightly deranged husband, his sexy, sexy, sexy, trophy wife and a handsome sailor, all on a deserted island.....let the games begin. Another guilty pleasure i discovered on late night cable.
Survival Island, should read, Sink me Island 
2008-11-16 - Another hype movive that is so, lets keep it basic, stupid. one scene she takes off all her clothes and comes out with her bottoms on. and there are more of this camera work. it's just a bad movie.
