Island City (1994)

Dreadfully Boring

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This movie was one that my daughter and I enjoyed watching when it first came out. Not the best of sci-fi. But as a lot of reviewers have cited, I agree that it had great potential to become a series of 20th century morality tales similar to what Star Trek offered in the late '60s. There were so many aspects of pitfalls of society coping with science gone bad and its impact on people's lives, social institutions, relationships, and morality. Also enjoyed seeing Brenda Strong, Eric McCormack, and Constance Marie early in their careers. We were sorry that the show didn't get a chance to develop its potential.Would love to find out where I can pick up a copy of the movie!

I have seen the movie and did like several of its characters and the movie had very good potential. I think that if they had had a bigger budget it would have made a very good Sci-fi series. The story line and characters were there, I just think they didn't go into it with a real push for the series it was meant for. Greg 23 and Lt. Mindy are just a couple of our favorite characters, would have love to see how they evolved during the series. All in all though it was a good movie with great characters. My family did enjoy watching and have watched a few time, it is a good comfort movie and one you can watch with pretty much the whole family. We would also be interested in buying it on DVD if it was ever to be released.

After all these years, I still remember this pilot as having a HUGE amount of potential. The characters were pretty solid and the premise was really interesting. I could totally see this becoming a series on the Sci Fi Channel. Granted, it had some minor problems. And I'm sure it didn't test well back in the mid 90's (back when the Sci Fi world had to rely on regular network TV executives, which have proved time and time again that they have absolutely no concept of what makes good science fiction).If any of you Sci Fi Channel execs are browsing IMDb, why don't you buy the rights to this one and make a series out of it? I'd sure watch it.

Granted, it may be a cheapie pilot, with cheesy special effects and unknown actors, but this movie was fun to watch. Don't go into it expecting another Space Odyssey, but it's a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours if you have time to kill.