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 (Huang Bo) and Xiao Xing (Lay Zhang), 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. Soundtrack 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. Awards and nominations References External links 2018 films 2010s fantasy comedy films Chinese fantasy comedy films Films set on islands 2018 comedy films 2010s Mandarin-language films