Excellent! M. Night Shyamalan is the Writer/Director of our age!!!

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2004)

The Village--
From the trailer alone you can grasp what the basic idea of the movie is about; until the writer, producer and director, M. Night Shyamalan, appears and now the movie takes a whole new dynamic.
By this time you know the basic plot from numerous reviews and I really can't expound much more on the storyline.
What needs to be understood is that there is always more to M.Night Shyamalans movies then a good suspense/thriller with a twist at the end. His stories are thought out, tantalizing and always have an underlining moral and/or political statement concerning our present situations.
If you loved Sixth Sense and Signs and want to have your fears of ghosts and aliens played out again and again--you will not like this film. (even though there was way more to both of these films, people only get the "basic" story and that is why they love these movies)
If you love horror/thrillers like scream, that are mindless, bloody and filled with horrible acting and gorgeous people--you will hate this film.
If you have liked all of M. Night Shyamalans films, including Unbreakable, you will love this film and be talking for hours afterwards!!!
When The Village is over and you don't feel scared and a need to start questioning and pondering what you have been told about life, community, family, religion and country. You have missed the boat. Stick with the body hacking, gory horrors and continue living in your comfortable little "bubble".
True horror is not the amount of blood spilled on screen it is what develops in your own mind.