Anticlimactic, but a good resurgence for Shyamalan

Rating: 6/10 (9 February 2017)

Split is an interesting and intriguing film, creating a lot of questions and building an incredibly suspenseful atmosphere. It is M.Night Shyamalan's best film for a long time, as he has constantly missed the nail on his last several ventures. Split showcases the quiet skills and talents he had in building atmosphere and story in The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. However, whilst those two had great endings, Split's ending; the use of the beast and his "powers" as well as the importance of Anya Taylor-Joy's character, is extremely unsatisfying and lacklustre.
The use of Bruce Willis to tie this film to unbreakable feels attached last minute, and has little effect on the previous occurrences of the film, although promising more in future films.
James McAvoy is the star of the show. His skill in bringing several different characters to life is incredible; through slight nuances and carefully deliberate actions. He overshadows the cast and steals every scene he is in, even when at his least formidable and least impressive, ironically, as the beast. McAvoy is unnerving, intriguing, and inspiring to watch, as he switches between and combines characters.
It will be very interesting to see McAvoy face off against Willis in a sequel, which in itself, gives credit to the worthiness of Split, although it was not as good as promised, or as rumoured.