female acting was sub par, if you didn't see unbreakable you will not understand the ending, shymalan returns

Rating: 7/10 (4 February 2017)

spoilers lmao
if you haven't seen unbreakable, you will not understand the ending, or the direction of the franchise and future films. some of my major gripes with the movie were its sub par female acting roles, filled by what i would consider low budget newbie actresses, although i can understand why shymalan went that route because he had to pay bruce willis and james mccavoy a big chunk, thus leaving little to be "split" among the rest of the mediocre cast. another one of my major gripes with this movie is how it was marketed. it was more marketed as a standalone, rather than a sequel, which is 100% is. in understand that was probably to built up suspense to the climactic finish, but most people in the theater when i went to watch split didn't understand the ending at all, and were just ready to do be done with the movie by the time the girl was discovered underneath the zoo. however, overall, i think this movie had a good premise, and it translated nicely to the big screen, putting shymalan in a brighter light than previous movies portrayed his style.