The Pretender 2001 / The Pretender - Island of the Haunted

Director: Frederick King Keller
Actors: Michael T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, Patrick Bauchau, Jon Gries, Harve Presnell
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 73 reviews
Sales Rank: 1868

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 182 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7

MPN: 2241216
UPC: 024543412168
EAN: 0024543412168
ASIN: B000LC4Z8K

Theatrical Release Date: January 22, 2001
Release Date: March 13, 2007
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The Pretender 2001 / The Pretender - Island of the Haunted

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5 out of 5 stars The Pretender movies    January 3, 2009
GWMS (California)
I loved the series, and I loved the movie! I would still like to have some of the questions answered, and oh yeah, let the two Jarod and Ms Parker get together? That way we can look back and say, yup, it all ended well.


3 out of 5 stars You have to watch it but it's really not as good as the show    September 23, 2008
toothwarriorprincess
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you are a fan of the Pretender show you have to watch the movie. I would have to say overall the movies are really not that good. First I did not like Jarod's new hairdo, petty I know but I definitely liked his short hair better. Second the TV series was canceled do you think they could reunited him and his mother or whole family for that matter or even solve some of the riddles that were never answered? I feel that was very poorly done that they (power on high) had an opportunity to finish the series and all they did was leave more questions and more unanswered riddles and came up with a hugely fantastical story line. I really didn't appreciate that they try to be 'artistic' instead of telling a great story. Overall I have to say I was disappointed with the movies.


3 out of 5 stars The last two...    September 12, 2008
Michelle Polk (Mississippi, USA)
I am sorry but I didn't think this was much of an ending to a series that asked more questions than it answered! Practically nothing was ever finished so it was a waste of time to even make these two movies. Also, the bylines got more and more weird. By the time you watch these two movies you have learned nothing else even remotely worth learning!!I give it a three since it is The Pretender.


4 out of 5 stars Good Product    August 28, 2008
Steven H. Weitzen Esq (Bergen County, NJ)
Fine product. I enjoy this series very much and was glad to see the concluding TV movies which are now available on DVD. Very enjoyable and entertaining.


1 out of 5 stars Really, really bad movie    August 6, 2008
Dan Dascalescu (San Jose, CA USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

I rented this DVD from Blockbuster for a friend who has Netflix. Well, kudos to Netflix for not carrying this waste of time.

I've only watched "The Pretender 2001", and you'll see why I didn't watch the other side of the DVD. The Pretender 2001 seemed bad from the first few minutes: cliche shots, forced dialog, and all that. However, it was highly sought after by my friend, so I kept watching to see what was so good about it.

Well, don't hold your breath - the movie was less than ordinary. I will forget it in a matter of hours, because it had nothing special. OK, maybe I'll remember for a while the obvious plot holes:

When Jarod reads the sign language letters from the photos that Alex left, they happen to be in the right order to spell GHOST, a chance of 1 in 120. We're not even delighted with solving an anagram.

Jarod is a genius and when he calls to ask for the Swedish embassy's phone number, he memorizes it instantly and dials it right away, pretending to be a Swedish journalist. However, when he is told that the Swedish ambassador will be at the Opera house at 4:00pm, he has to write down that information.

At the end of the movie, Alex walks into a crane hanging over the water and pummels at the door at its end, when it is clear that there would be no escape even if the door were to open.

Anyway, this movie was a complete waste of my time. What is the point of movies like this? They don't teach anything, you can't relate to them (any super-geniuses around working with the NSA?), and they're not even entertaining. Such movies, like Agatha Christie books, are very specific stories portraying a puzzle that offers no reward beyond solving the puzzle itself. Watch Sicko or The Bridges of Madison County and you'll be able to have a more intelligent conversation about health systems or marriage routine. Watch The Pretender and you'll have nothing to talk about.