SPLIT decision. Good but not great

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2017)

Let me start by saying that UNBREAKABLE is one of my favorite films so it's good seeing MNS doing something near to his previous best and although i think that SPLIT is worth a watch unfortunately it's not as good as many on here have suggested.
For me it falls between two stools, it's not scary enough to be called a horror film or suspenseful enough to be called a psychological thriller.
Basically the plot revolves around Kevin (an excellent James MaCavoy) a man with 23 different personalities that range in different levels of threat, from 9 year Hedwig to the soon to arrive 24th personalty "the BEAST". Kevin kidnaps 3 teenage girls and keeps them captive in an unknown location, they must now try to escape before the BEAST finally manifests itself.
The stand out performances are James Macavoy is absolutely brilliant as Kevin, seamlessly slipping from one character to another and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey, the only one of the three girls who actually realizes whats going on and using survival skills that she has learned from years of being abused tries to manipulate Kevin's friendlier personalities to help her escape.......I found Casey's back story more disturbing that the main story.
POSITIVES: Great performances, Interesting plot, Casey's back story.
NEGATIVES: Too long, too many scenes were the same, the David Dunn twist at the end just seemed desperate, and when the Beast did FINALLY arrive he just wasn't scary and it just felt like a rip-off of An American Werewolf In London (but not as good)
Definitely worth the price of a cinema ticket, just don't expect anything close to THE SIXTH SENSE or UNBREAKABLE. 6 out of 10 movie, 5 of those stars just for James Malavoy.