The weakest link

Rating: Null/10 (9 March 2011)

My hunch is that "The Happening" will go down in the history as the worst of Shyamalan's outings (unless "The Sixth Sense" director decides to pull-a-rabbit-out-of-the-hat). Notably "The Happening" also marks the UTV's (a big production house from India) foray into the big-bad-world of Hollywood. I would be surprised if they are not left with a feeling that closely resembles a con-game.
For starters the apocalyptic premise is so lame that it barely manages to hold attention. The writing and screenplay will have to shoulder the blame. On that note, perhaps Mr. Shyamalan should only hold the directorial reigns and relinquish his writing skills to the worthy. The direction has its set of crests and troughs (the latter rule the roost actually). More time should have been devoted to explain the concept on which the entire premise suspends on.
Mark Wahlberg, an accomplished actor in his own right is completely miscast. Russel Crowe/ Bruce Willis would have been a better choice.
John Leguizamo does puts up an honest performance (though had shades of Paul Giamatti).
"The Happening" is extremely graphic, perhaps the first from the director. Background music is engaging.
Verdict: Don't watch even if its free to air on telly unless you revere Mr. Shyamlan as your personal Jesus Christ or live in misnomer that he is the next best thing that has happened to Hollywood since Spielberg.