smarter than you might expect, and at the same time dumber than it could be." Reviewers were critical of the excessive product placement in the film. Copyright infringement lawsuit The creators of the 1979 film Parts: The Clonus Horror, which was also about a colony that breeds clones to harvest organs for the elite, filed a copyright infringement suit in 2005. DreamWorks attempted to have the suit dismissed but a federal judge determined that there was indeed a copyright infringement case to be heard and scheduled the case to go to trial in February 2007. However, DreamWorks then settled the case out of court in late 2006 for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. Michael Marshall Smith's 1996 novel Spares, in which the hero liberates intelligent clones from a "spare farm", was optioned by DreamWorks in the late 1990s, but was never made. It remains unclear if the story inspired The Island'', and so Marshall Smith did not consider it worthwhile to pursue legal action over the similarities. References External links 2005 films 2005 action thriller films 2005 science fiction action films 2000s chase films 2000s dystopian films 2000s English-language films 2000s science fiction thriller films American chase films American dystopian films DreamWorks Pictures films Films about cloning Films about identity theft Films about organ transplantation Films directed by Michael Bay Films involved in plagiarism controversies Films produced by Michael Bay Films produced by Ian Bryce Films produced by Walter F. Parkes Films scored by Steve Jablonsky Films set in 2019 Films set in Los Angeles Films set in the future Films set on fictional islands Films shot in California Films shot in Detroit Films shot in Nevada Films with screenplays by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci Warner Bros. films 2000s American films