Disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (4 December 2000)

This film fell short of my expectations. Mr. Shyamalan can easily bank on a successful release because The Sixth Sense was such a great film. But this story and its execution is sluggish and obvious. While we're given a final twist, like the first movie, it's more of a 'who cares' than a 'WOW!'. And even though 'seeing dead people' is EXTREMELY unlikely, somehow this twist seems even less likely. There were a few times when I outright laughed at the lack of finesse: when David Dunn fell in the water, and when he hung up his 'cape' after his heroics. Come on! Every shot for the past 15 minutes had his cape or his cape's shadow in it. Then for added drama we get the big 'cape' shot!
I admire Willis' talent and Jackon's too. It's too bad they can't tell how a movie will turn out just by reading the script. Mr. Shyamalan might get me back in the theatre, but I'll be reading other reviews FIRST the next time. And I'm pretty sure there'll be a next time because of the obvious (again) serialization potential.