M. Night Shyamalan Is still a one trick pony

Rating: 1/10 (25 April 2017)

M. Night Shyamalan hit the big time with "The Sixth Sense" in 1999. His follow up films have been not just been huge disappoints but truly some of the worse films I had to sit through. "Unbreakable" was just stupid and so was "Signs" and "The Village". I did not even bother to watch "The Lady in the Water" and other celluloid manure he created.
So last night against my better judgment I saw "Split" which was just an exercise in patience. M. Night Shyamalan proves he likes to not only bore his audience but he also loves steel money from studios that still will back his films.
In this film M. Night Shyamalan had an interesting gem of an idea about a crazy man who kidnaps 3 girls. The Three teenagers, Claire, Marcia, and outsider Casey, are kidnapped and held captive by "Dennis", one of 23 personalities present in the mind of Kevin Wendell Crumb, a victim of childhood abuse diagnosed with identity disorder.
The film however fails to engage the audience. A few scenes work but they are out numbered by the scenes that don't.
The film of course has a "Minor" twist at the end but its more like a winks to the audience for fans of one of the directors other films.
A much better film that dealt with split personalities is "Raising Cain" and "Sisters". It least those films were done by craftsmen that knew how to engage an audience.
He still has lots of fan who will hate this review. That's too bad that they will thumbs down this review when in fact they know this film is awful. They need to get a life