Not Impressed!

Rating: Null/10 (26 September 2004)

Let me start out this review by saying I love his early work. "The 6th Sense" and "Unbreakable" I thought were brilliant films. I loved them. I feel like he has been taking more liberties lately with his style. He hooked a bunch of us with some great early films and then starting putting out sub par story lines.
The Village isn't honest. It doesn't deliver on anything. I was into it through the first half of the film but then it pretty much lost me after that. You can't put a twist in just for the heck of it. It needs to be smart. I don't want to ruin it, but you will know what I mean when you see it.
The performances are great as always. The mood and tone are brilliant. My biggest problems are with the choices he made in the script. It was careless. I felt jipped.
That being said, I am very much looking forward to his next film. I think he needs to just spend a little more time working on his stories and just make choices because no one would expect that.
In the end, I would never say don't go see it, just don't expect too much and you'll probably come out okay.
Jason