Do we really this Twilight Zone Lite? *SPOILERS*

Rating: 4/10 (1 August 2004)

Having seen this waste of talent, I must say Rod Sterling is rolling over in his grave. Shyamalan's poor attempts to mimic Twilight Zone episodes continues with the Village, an allegorical morality tale about the dangers of protecting innocents from themselves and civilization. As usual, an observant viewer can guess Shyamalan's tells and figure out the "twists" within seeing the first half of this trite piece of cinema. *Spoilers* There are quite a few noticeable plot holes including the conceptual design of "those who shall not be named" let alone what the idea of a truce between them would suggest. Woven cloaks are not exactly prerequisite to feral carnivorous beasts. In a key scene, blood appears on a character's clothing that was not there in the previous scene. Another is the appearance of a human-made trap in the middle of supposedly deserted wood that the viewers learn is a patrolled nature preserve where there are no large animals that would be poached.
These holes have been written off by many a viewer by saying Shyamalan was going for a morality tale. If this is the case he has produced a mediocre Twilight Zone episode lacking Sterling's trademark subtlety Only the superb and surprise performance of Ron Howard's daughter, Byrce Dallas Howard, makes this badly scripted morality tale worth seeing. She truly has a bright future in acting proving that not all things are genetic.