better than expected: definitely give this one a chance.

Rating: 7/10 (13 June 2008)

M. Night Shyamalan. this name brings fear to many different people for many different reasons. its funny, every one gets upset because he doesn't deviate from his patented pattern of surprise endings, and demolish him when he finally does. But ill tell you one thing, his movies are good. Especially this one. Mark wahlberg plays a science teacher who is trying to escape from a mysterious illness that causes the infected to kill themselves. Even though the plot revolves around wahlberg and zooey deschanel, every now and then he'll throw a news report or two to keep the audience up to date on whats going on around the east coast. as the conspiracy theories are being thrown around the outer horn, the main characters come to a shocking conclusion as to the source of this mysterious affliction. yea the plot is over the top ridiculous, but Night has a way of making the plot seem not only plausible, but his talent helps the film avoid the corn that might associate itself with this kind of film. trust me, there are a lot of haters out there that cant understand that every one of his films are different unto themselves. well this particular film is definitely one of the best thrillers of the year, Shyamalan or not.