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Follow us today to a 2005 romantic survival drama film called: Survival Island.
Before we start, be aware: there are spoilers!
The movie begins with a scene of a young woman named Jenny swimming toward an island.
As Jenny reaches the shore, she starts to have flashbacks of what happened the day before.
Now, the scene shifts to the day that Jenny and her husband, Jack, along with their friends
are on a trip to the Caribbean during Christmas.
To celebrate, they decide to yacht on the sea.
Upon arrival at the dock, they are welcomed by the captain and one of his staff - Manuel.
Soon, Manuel’s attractive appearance quickly draws the attention of Jenny.
As the yacht is about to leave, we can see Manuel is having an argument with his girlfriend,
Maria.
They both end up hitting each other, Jack decides to get involved but Jenny tells him
not to.
Shortly after, Maria starts pointing at the passengers and threatens them in Spanish.
The group of friends doesn’t think much about it and starts to celebrate.
In the evening, when the group is having dinner, they invite Manuel to have a drink with them.
However, Manuel refuses to join them, and Jack thinks he is a bad guy because he hit
a woman.
In the meantime, we can see Maria is performing a voodoo ceremony, which curses Manuel along
with everyone on the yacht.
The next day, as the group is having fun on the yacht, Jack starts picking on Manuel.
Later on, the captain chastises Manuel and kicks him out of the yacht.
Filled with anger, Manuel throws a towel on the stove and storms out.
However, he is unaware that he has accidentally caused a fire on the yacht.
Meanwhile, as the group is fishing, they gradually sense the fire and everyone rushes to the
lifeboats to escape.
On the sea, the lifeboats are capsized by a storm later that night and they are separated.
Back to the present, Jenny sees something is floating towards the island and quickly
rushes to find out.
Just then, she is terrified as it is the captain’s body.
As Jenny is trying in vain to save the captain, Manuel suddenly appears from behind and tries
to resuscitate him, but he is dead.
The next day, after burying the captain, Manuel uses his goggles and dives down to the water
to look for food.
Then, after Jenny wakes up, both Manuel and Jenny decide to build a hut and wait for someone
who could rescue them.
They duo then come to the beach to swim with no clothes.
At this point, Jenny starts asking Manuel about the incident that happened at the dock
the other day.
Upon being questioned, Manuel reveals that his girlfriend, Maria had an affair and ended
up being pregnant.
Their quarrel ensued because Manuel refused to get married to her.
The next day, Jenny and Manuel befriend each other.
Then, as Manuel swims to the reef to look for lobster, he finds Jack, another survivor,
is lying on the reef.
Later on, Manuel brings Jack to the hut.
Both Jenny and Jack are grateful after reuniting with each other.
Leaving Jack resting in the hut, Jenny approaches Manuel and thanks him for saving her husband.
In a while, Jack wakes up and starts being jealous after seeing Jenny and Manuel are
playing happily on the beach.
Jack starts to make a fire using a lighter remaining in his pocket.
Later on, Jack starts complaining about life on the island and suspects that Jenny is having
an affair.
Now, he asks Manuel for more food and tells Jenny to follow him.
Though feeling uneasy about it, Jenny reluctantly agrees.
Eventually, Jenny and Manuel go to the sea and catch a lobster for dinner.
However, as they go back to the hut, they realize that Jack has dug up the captain’s
grave to take clothes and shoes.
Jack suspects Manuel of having desires on Jenny no matter how Jenny convinces him that
it is not true.
At this moment, Jenny is conflicted between loyalty to Jack and the realization that they
both need Manuel’s help to survive.
Now, Jenny, who is in a dilemma, approaches Manuel and apologizes to him about her husband’s
behavior.
On the other hand, Manuel suggests both should really have an affair.
Just then, Jack approaches Manuel, starts insulting him and tells him to stay away from
Jenny.
The men start having an argument.
As Jack declares Manuel his enemy, Manuel admits that he has a desire for Jenny.
At the end of the argument, Manuel and the couple split up.
From now on, Jack and Jenny have to provide their own food while Manuel has to live without
fire.
Later that day, with the help of his goggles, Manuel catches a lot of fishes from the reef.
Seeing that, Jack decides to go there as well even though he doesn’t have goggles.
Jenny goes to the beach and approaches Manuel, who offers her some raw fish.
Afraid of letting her husband down, Jenny refuses at first.
However, she still agrees to take some for herself after Manuel promises not to tell
Jack.
Now, she starts seeing Manuel in a better light and even gives him a kiss on the cheek.
Meanwhile, Jack gets to the reef and finds some tiny small fish.
When he gets back to the hut and sees some pieces of food left, he starts to question
Jenny about it.
Their relationship quickly deteriorates after Jack realizes that Manuel shared food with
his wife.
In the following scene, we can see both Jack and Jenny wander on the shore to find food.
Jack sees some smoke coming from Manuel’s hut.
He rushes to Manuel and accuses him of stealing his lighter.
Even though Manuel denies it, Jack starts to hit him.
When Manuel holds a spear to defend himself, Jack wants to take the knife but Jenny refuses
to give him because she doesn’t want any fight ensues.
Just then, Jack accuses Manuel for starting the fire on the yacht.
Then, he leaves and grabs Manuel’s fish as he still thinks Manuel stole his lighter.
Later that day, Jack uses the fire to make a trident himself.
Next morning, Jack sneaks to Manuel’s hut and steals his goggles.
Just then, Jenny wakes up and starts calling for her husband.
At the same time, Manuel realizes his goggles have been stolen.
Filled with anger, Manuel holds his spear and rushes to kill Jack.
Seeing that, Jenny quickly tries to stop Manuel but ends up getting molested.
Soon after, she stops resisting and the act becomes consensual.
As for Jack, his hunting skills get better thanks for the goggles he stole from Manuel.
Back to Jenny and Manuel, while Jenny is conflicted and feels remorse, Manuel confesses that he
has loved her since the moment they first met.
When Manuel asks Jenny to come and live with him, she refuses and asks Manuel not to say
anything to Jack.
Later on, Jack returns but is surprised after seeing Manuel is so calm after he stole his
goggles.
When he asks his wife what had happened, Jenny lies to him but accidentally hints at him
about what happened.
Jack realizes that Jenny and Manuel eventually have an affair.
Therefore, he gets furious and violently drags Jenny over to Manuel's place.
Afterwards, Jack leaves and goes to the other side of the island to live alone.
In the following scene, we can see Jack manages to make himself a pair of goggles and starts
to hunt for more food.
In the meantime, Jenny still goes around the island to look for him.
After a few attempts to look for Jack, Jenny comes back to Manuel’s, who later offers
her to dance.
While they are dancing, Jack sees them from afar.
The next day, while hunting, Jack discovers a broken lifeboat in the bottom of the reef.
Though the lifeboat is a slim chance to get off the island, Jack still tries to bring
it to the shore, attempting to repair it.
Back to Jenny and Manuel, in a while, they also discover that Jack has found the boat.
As they approach and try to help, Jack refuses and decides to do it himself.
Later on, as Manuel goes fishing, Jenny approaches Jack and talks to him.
Eventually, Jenny realizes that Jack is a selfish person, who never shares anything
with anyone in his whole life.
That night, Jenny tells Manuel about Jack's plan, which is to leave the island the next
morning.
As they go for a midnight swim, Jenny plots with Manuel to steal the lifeboat to get off
the island.
However, little does she know, Jack is on the beach and overhearing their conversation.
The next day, seeing Jack leave his boat on the shore, Manuel wakes Jenny up and follows
the plan to steal the boat.
As the duo is pushing the boat to the sea, Jack recognizes it and chases after them.
Eventually, Jenny and Manuel make it before Jack reaches them.
On the other hand, after seeing the duo sailing off, Jack doesn’t seem angry at all but
relieved and happy.
As for Jenny and Manuel, while sailing to the middle of the sea, they start to realize
that Jack has rigged the boat and tries to kill them.
Shortly after, the boat sinks and they are forced to swim back to the island.
In the following scene, we can see Jack is enjoying his fish after burning Jenny and
Manuel’s hut.
Seeing Jenny and Manuel swim back from afar, Jack holds a sharp spear and throws it at
Manuel, who is now exhausted.
Though fatally wounded, Manuel tries to fight back by hitting Jack in the face.
However, due to his wound, Manuel is forced to leave Jenny to Jack and run away.
Later that night, we can see Jack holds Jenny captive and ties her to the hut.
However, he is unaware that Manuel is rushing to the hut and attacks him from behind.
While the two men are fighting, Jenny manages to escape and helps Manuel run away.
The scene now shifts to Maria, Manuel’s ex-girlfriend, performing a voodoo ceremony.
As she is carrying out the ritual, an intense fight also ensues between Jack and Manuel
the following day.
In the following scene, we can see Jenny is binding the wound for Manuel as he is in bad
shape.
As for Jack, he is wandering around the island to look for Manuel and Jenny.
After spotting the couple and chasing them for a while, Jack finally finds the couple
is hiding in a tree.
He throws a spear towards Manuel, making him fall to the ground.
Just then, an intense fight ensues between Manuel and Jack.
However, Manuel, who is severely wounded, is soon overpowered by Jack and nearly gets
killed.
Seeing that, Jenny gets off the tree and tries to save Manuel.
When she pins Jack to the ground, attempting to kill him with his own knife, Manuel picks
up a rock to crush Jack.
However, he loses his balance and falls backwards on Jack’s spear.
At the same time, we can see Maria impale Manuel’s effigy on a spike.
Cut to a year later, a family with a fishing boat approaches the island and explores it.
As they discover Jenny asleep in the hut, Jenny is beyond happy and follows the family
getting off the island.
Before leaving, she takes the lighter which is left in the hut.
On the boat, while she happily enjoys the food, the boat passes by Jack, who is fishing.
It is revealed that Jack has forced Jenny to live with and depend on since Manuel’s
death.
Jenny stole Jack’s lighter so he could not make any more fires.
As Jack sees Jenny leaving, he starts calling out.
However, Jenny chooses to ignore him.
In the end of the movie, Jack is abandoned on the island and his fate is left ambiguous.
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