A Couple of Points

Rating: Null/10 (8 January 2001)

Just like to give some views on a couple of points in this film. This is my first review, and to summarise, i looked forward to watching this, on the back of the 6th Sense (I enjoyed enormously). I was not disappointed & would welcome another viewing, soon. Something i picked up before seeing this film, was that it is possibly (probably?) the first of a trilogy. This would make sense of the reluctance to patch together the type of "Superhero" adventure that maybe some other reviewers were expecting. This film went at the sort of pace you may expect if you were aware that there were two sequels on the way. *** SPOILER ALERT *** Although the similarities were there (with 6th Sense) this was an altogether different story. Yes, it had the same lazy sense of non-urgency in the way the film unwound, the same subtle clues to the outcome (its obviously far easier with hind sight to spot them) - does anyone else think the Jackson's crazy hair style kept in line with the idea that the villains head appears larger than usual...? I applaud the effects, i.e. the opening train sequence, giving the appearance that the audiance is sat in the seat in front, and the train stn with contact induced flashbacks. This was a simple non-glorified perception of the self understanding of a modern day superhero. I also loved the son&gun and weights scenes. Looking forward to the rest of a possible trilogy - but think that if that is the intention, this should have been emphasised more - this would have perhaps give greater enjoyment to some of the more pessimistic reviews. I think there was not enough confidence, either by producer or backers that this was not going to be a Turkey, if sequels are indeed planned.