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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4291194, member: 44"] [B]Fantasy Island[/B] (2020) This is a remake of the 70s TV show. Eventually the original show got schlocky, kind of a love boat island format, but if you remember the original pilot, you may remember that it was pretty dark. People got their “fantasies“ but they rarely came out the way they anticipated. That’s the gist of this movie. Though I typically like Michael Peña as a actor, he doesn’t convey the underlying evil that Ricardo Montalban did in the original 70s pilot as Mr. Roarke. In the movie version, Roarke is given a backstory that in someways makes him a victim of the island as well. It’s an interesting take. Maggie Q does a good job in her role as a guest and looks terrific. Lucy Hale is adequate in her role. There are a lot of twists and turns in this Blumhouse version. Maybe too many. But it is a solid if not great watch. [/QUOTE]