An unintentional comedy of errors

Rating: 1/10 (11 August 2015)

This film was dreadful. Absolutely dreadful. It was like a joke film. Perhaps it was a joke film and I misunderstood the joke? Anyway, it doesn't really deserve the single, solitary star I have given it here, however IMDb unfortunately doesn't allow films to be rated as zero stars. Or even negative stars, which I feel would be more appropriate for a film of this calibre, or lack of it rather. Upon observing the film's cast list, the woeful quality of acting came as a genuine surprise to me. There were numerous points throughout the picture where I noticed a furrowing of my brow due to the confusion brought about by the frankly unnatural and unfitting dialogue from some of the characters. Every attempt to convey horror that the film clumsily stumbled through was more laughable than scary. And it would be wrong for me not to comment on the scene where Mark Wahlberg's character enters a sort of suicide hotline style of negotiations with a plant. What the hell was that all about? And then when the plant turns out to be rubber! Are we supposed to find that funny? I personally failed to see how a scene like that could ever succeed to add anything to a film which, at that point in proceedings, had already proved to be an unintentional comedy of errors. In fairness, the ending of the film did have some good points. Firstly, it signified the fact that the horrendous excuse for a film was drawing to a close. Secondly, the tragically comical effort at creating a suspenseful cliff hanger was nicely in keeping with the rest of the film's abysmal content. The most disturbing aspect that this film exhibits is the fact that M. Night Shyamalan obviously has some degree of ability as a director. The Sixth Sense, as an example, was a cracking watch. What was he thinking when he did this? Maybe his mind was on the global economic crash that was beginning to make headway during 2008 rather than focusing on writing some decent lines for his film. Probably not. Anyway, in conclusion, to reiterate my earlier sentiments, this film was dreadful.