Due gocce d'acqua salata

An unabashed rip off of "Blue Lagoon", updated with a speedier resolution and none of the Victorian charm. The characters are irritating and so poorly conceived that they don't generate any sympathy or interest. Bony Billy has slightly more appeal than the bratty if buxom Bonny and treats her with more generosity than her behavior warrants. The lush photography and outstanding music score of "Lagoon" are missing here, too, and are sorely needed to enhance the minimal action, threadbare plot and inane dialog. Prurient preteens may like it but it is difficult to imagine any other audience. Even Ciani's frequent if not incessant nudity quickly becomes numbing. When this "Island" comes up you'd be well advised to keep sailing by. Rated 3, only for the unrealized potential of "Billy."