It hurts

Rating: 1/10 (3 March 2010)

I know this man is capable of making a decent movie. "Unbreakable" was very good, "Signs" was decent and even the much-ridiculed "The Village" had it's charm, but this movie was so excruciatingly terrible that it almost has to be a cruel joke played on an unsuspecting public (although, with his latest slew of bombs, we now expect garbage). It's a well-known fact that Marky Mark can't act his way out of a wet paper bag, but his performance in this is nothing short of genocidal. Watching the "actors" perform in this was embarrassing to watch, to put it mildly. For a movie titled "The happening", nothing happens at all. The movie just ends for no apparent reason. Essentially the same thing happens in "Signs", but at least that one was entertaining and well-acted. Even the little girl in that was Oscar-worthy compared to Wahlberg. Even the suicide scenes were hardly B-movie material. The scene where the lions rip the guys arms off was supposed to be frightening but the special effects were on par with a high school play. This director (I can't spell his name and don't feel like looking it up) should be ashamed. If he honestly put effort into this, his career is finished, or at least should be. Although, they keep paying Michael Bay to make movies, so I guess this guy has a long career ahead of him. Sigh.