One unexpected plot twist does not a movie make...

Rating: 2/10 (29 November 2000)

Apparently, this director's formula for a successful movie is to throw in a plot that advances very little throughout the movie until the very end, add in a very unexpected plot twist, and then sit around and let the movie industry ooh and ahh. It worked for The Sixth Sense, which I liked, it had a good sense of suspense and drama that kept the plot going. It dismally fails for this movie... .....
Finally the director looked at his watch and said, "oh, time to wrap up this movie." Willis finally puts his "powers" to use, which is NOT a very climactic schene at all. Then there is some feel-good stuff, the obligatory surprising plot twist, which I am not quite mean enough to give away, and then the movie ends with a small paragraph serving as its so-called "resolution." Samuel Jackson and Bruce Willis did an excellent job of acting, and I am told by a friend who is less interested in the movie as a story-telling device and more as an artistic medium that the directing was excellent. In my opinion, this does not excuse the incredible lack of any suspenseful or engaging element in the plot. I recommend NOT seeing this movie until it comes out on video, preferably in the $0.50 rentals. You won't miss anything, the film experience is not noticibly amplified by the theater atmosphere. No special effects or cunning camera work worth noting as far as I could tell. To make a long story short: BAD MOVIE.