A great psychological thiller (8,5/10)

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2018)

This movie tells the story of Kevin Wendell Crumb, a patient suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder, having 23 personalities living on his head, each one being able to change the chemistry of his body. This personalities are waiting to take the "Light" or the "Spot" of Kevin. One day, at the beginning of the film, he kidnaps three girls, saying they are important for "thr beast", another persona inside Kevin that is waiting to take the "ligth".
This movie is great. The plot is very well unfold scene by scene, reaching the climax with the espectator fully connected to it's characters and intrigue. Maybe it starts a little bit slow, and the lack of a characteristics music makes it hard to keep up, but if you are one of those who don't want to miss a thing, you've got to watch it with full concentration.
The character(s) of Kevin is the best thing of the movie, being portrayed by James McCavoy with an outstanding performance, changing completely his character in a few seconds. I really liked his backstory, and the explanation to the persona of The Beast. Cassey is also an interesting character, developing her backstory progressively through flashbacks, making it haunting and thrilling. What I didn't like was the other two kidnapped girls. They are a bit cliché, plus their acting is a bit mediocre.

Technically this movie is great too. It has a very haunting color pallette, even though it's not very wide, but coloring every scene with warm, yellow tones. The composition of the shots are interesting, because sometimes the scenes are cut, showing a portion of the characters and the situations, doing justice to the title, 'Split'.
The scenography fullfils it's purpose, placing the characters and the espectators in a very claustrophobic ambient, sharing the haunting and thrilling feel of being kidnapped by a mad man, 23 mad men, however.
Finally, when you reach the ending you can be one of two kind of person: the one that doesn't understand what's the point of that scene; or the other kind, who understands that this movie is part of a larger universe, leading to a future crossover.