A 7-10 Split.

Rating: 6/10 (21 February 2017)

I was left disappointed with this sadly. I'm a huge fan of McAvoy, he's a fantastic Actor who has been is some good films and always gives his heart and soul to the role and were it not for him i think i'd have rated this a lot lower. He plays his part brilliantly in this, sadly his acting ability is what carries this as much of the script is poor, the support Actresses for being an apparent major part of the plot and film really didn't offer much and the rest of the cast including the 'Shrink' were no more than bit parts. It just however was never quite believable, i mean the film as a whole. It seemed to tread water a lot of the time. There were aspects which just didn't strike me as true to life such as lack of any Police investigation into the missing 'teens' or the Fathers apparent disappearance from the Earth after the abduction of the girls...It just all seemed a bit sterile.
I'd like to have seen it getting messier, more in-depth into McAvoys various characters, what it was that triggered each one to the surface, where they'd all 'come from'. We seemed to find out more about the main female character than anyone else which didn't quite sit right ( unless of course there will be a sequel where it becomes far more evident as to why we saw so much of her background). The introduction of 'The Beast' was clunky, i don't think he was meant to be 'supernatural' as i've seen suggested, but with this film tieing in with 'Unbreakable'...
Overall it was OK, it was interesting and nicely shot but it lacked a real purpose and some grit for my liking. It could've been brilliant, could've been a classic but 'Ramalangadingdong' messed up again sadly.