No subtlety

Rating: 3/10 (14 June 2008)

Very intense scenes are made gratuitous by a script that treats the moviegoer with condescension.
It's hard to make comments without giving away the story. This is essentially a makeover of a 60's film with none of the scientific sophistication that a modern audience demands in a film. Instead of an intelligent script that might make the point without giving the moviegoer a head injury, they have written a movie that is preachy and illogical.
I'm afraid that Shyamalan tries too hard to be the conscience of the moviegoer instead of a storyteller. The man's films lack any subtlety and this film is the least subtle of them all.