Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- atmospheric
- melancholic
- independent film night
- social thriller double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly embrace the film as a socially engaged Puerto Rican thriller with strong atmosphere and compelling performances.
What sets it apart
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Bebo and Lola come from different social worlds, making their relationship central to the film's conflict.
The Puerto Rican setting is portrayed through simultaneous attachment to home and desperation to escape its conditions.
Bebo and Lola escape to a remote part of the island after a murder occurs.
The plot and review context center on a struggling Puerto Rican coastal community and its fishermen.
Films like This Island, and why
Bacurau
Shares a socially grounded thriller mode, class conflict, and young protagonists confronting violence in a pressured community.
Monos
Combines intimate romance, economic inequality, and escalating danger within a distinctive Latin American social landscape.
La Llorona
Offers a tense escape narrative shaped by class division, moral compromise, and regional social realities.
Movie Details
- Directors
- Lorraine Jones, Cristian Carretero
- Release Date
- 2026-03-19
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Zion Ortiz
- Fabiola Brown
- Xavier Morales
- Teófilo Torres
- Audicio Robles
- Georgina Borri
- Omar Iloy
- Sean Ortiz
- Jeniffe Fret
- Bryan Minaya
Common questions
- What is This Island about?
- Two lovers from opposite sides of Puerto Rican society flee into the island’s isolation after a murder threatens to expose everything dividing them.
- What is This Island like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of This Island as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is This Island violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in This Island as mild.
- What did critics think of This Island?
- Critics broadly embrace the film as a socially engaged Puerto Rican thriller with strong atmosphere and compelling performances.
- Which films are like This Island?
- Films with a similar feel include Bacurau, Monos, and La Llorona.
- How long is This Island?
- This Island runs 114 minutes.
