The resurrection of M.Night Shyamalan

Rating: 7/10 (23 March 2017)

An interesting concept and a great atmosphere brings M. Night Shyamalan back to his roots. its not as great as "The Sixth Sense" or "Unbreakable" but it definitely gives me hopes that Shyamalan is back to make interesting and exciting movies. Its far from a perfect film, especially because I always felt they could have made more out of the story. What makes it really good is the ending, the final twist which gives the film a totally different view and makes it much better because it doesn't stay as a stand alone film. As a stand alone film it would have left me way more bland and I would have existed the film with a "oh well, nice but yeah whatever". Acting wise it shows a really outstanding performance by James McAvoy. He was in total control of most of his different personalities (just acting wise, obviously not character wise) and has some really intense moments. Anya Taylor-Joy also returns with a very solid performance. She indeed is a very promising actress. Betty Buckley had a great character but I felt she didn't put her teeth into it enough she was fine yeah but the role had more potential than what she used. She probably thought she was acting in a C-horror movie or parody. At least it felt like that at times. This surely marks the return of Shyamalan (I already liked "The Visit" tho) and I look forward what future films he has inside him and especially the announced sequel.