The Island (2018 Chinese film)

The Island is a 2018 Chinese fantasy comedy film written and directed by Huang Bo. The film stars Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, Shu Qi, Lay Zhang, and Yu Hewei. It is the directorial debut film of Huang Bo. The film premiered in China on August 10, 2018.

Plot
Passengers of a sea bus, including brothers Ma Jin and Xiao Xing, and their colleagues, get stuck in an island and are forced to survive with each other. Meanwhile, Ma Jin and Xiao Xing discover a way to unite the passengers for survival by selling them fishes with playing cards as money, in which Xiao Xing immediately abused his power in and causing brotherly-relationship problems with Ma Jin.

Cast

 * Huang Bo as Ma Jin
 * Shu Qi as Shanshan
 * Lay Zhang as Xiao Xing
 * Wang Baoqiang as Xiao Wang
 * Yu Hewei as President Zhang
 * Wang Xun as Lao Pan (Old Pan)
 * Li Qinqin as Sister Qi
 * Li Youlin as Professor
 * Liu Yanqing as Zhao Tianlong
 * Zhang Lei as Lao Yu (Old Yu)
 * Hao Wenting as Wen Juan
 * Yang Kaidi as Lucy
 * Xu Zheng as Passenger
 * Guan Hu
 * Liang Jing as Doctor
 * Ning Hao
 * Teddy Chan
 * Fang Xiaohang
 * Wei Jiamei
 * Sun Zhongqiu

Production
Huang Bo stated that The Island is partly influenced by the 2009 American film 2012 directed by Roland Emmerich. Huang spent over 3 years to write the screenplay. It is Huang Bo's directorial debut. Huang collaborated on the screenplay with no fewer than six writers: Zhang Ji, Guo Junli, Zha Muchun, Cui Siwei, Xing Aina, and Huang Zhanzhong.

Copyright issue
On August 12, 2018, Yu Mengyuan claimed that the screenplay of The Island bear similarities to her work Men's Crisis.

Release
The Island  premiered in China on August 10, 2018. It grossed 150 million yuan on its first day. The film grossed total of 1,350,000,000 yuan.

Reception
The film was a commercial and critical success, receiving a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from Douban.