Save your cash for something better!!

Rating: 2/10 (28 December 2008)

Good points: Suspense, good pace, interesting premise, Marky Mark (who works for the funky bunch), and... well.... (if you give me an hour, I'm sure I can stir up some more empty compliments) This film is one more piece of disappointing work by 'his truly' M. Night...
Have you ever seen a piece of art or film and you can't help but sense the presence of the artist in the piece, and you find it distracts you from the total effect? I think that sums up my complete disappointment with this man as a director.
He's trying WAY too hard to be the next Alfred Hitchcock, from the heightened suspense, to the (very) humble cameo that seems to always find its way into his work.
He's made one good film and a pile of mediocre efforts. I wish he'd stick to just directing the camera instead of trying to be the whole 'unbreakable' package.
I've seen the signs, and it spells doom for his overall career as a writer director (/actor).
Find what you're truly good at, M. Night, and stop trying to do everything.
Best of luck for your 2009 efforts.
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