Written by James M. Tate / 2/12/2019 / No comments / 2019 , action , bruce willis , comic book , franchise , horror , james mcavoy , m. night , new , samuel l. jackson , sequel , superhero , thriller , trilogy
BRUCE WILLIS IN M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN'S 'GLASS' W/ SAM JACKSON
The poster shows the main problem... way too much McAvoy 2019 |
Unfortunately, and despite the title, this is not an UNBREAKABLE sequel. Having AMERICAN HORROR STORY actress Sarah Paulson play a psych-ward shrink with a three-day pass (using two unrealistically inept security guards) to cure this eclectic trio of their supposed hyperactive fantasies, it's really about sustaining SPLIT. And for the audience, having to deal with a killer with multiple personalities is one thing... Being stuck with an otherwise talented British actor showing just how damned talented he is, is, well.. Hell on Earth... and slowly...
Glass Rates: ** |
While many interesting things happen in UNBREAKABLE, almost nothing happens here until a noisy ending that, while Shyamalan faithfully sticks to his Alfred Hitchcock implied-suspense... for example, keeping the action tightly within the shared perspective of two nurses in a van while Willis and McAvoy fight outside... there's not enough overall tension between these supposed good vs. evil titans. It's all so Jackson's Mr. Glass can continue lecturing the audience about what's happening and why it's happening, having to do with the rules of comic books...
Glass lacks more than Action |
But the wordy writer/director Shyamalan, in making two sequels in one, leaves his best character on the bench while the others (also including David's returning son; Glass's returning mother; and the sole-surviving SPLIT ingenue) spend most of the time... sometimes together but mostly apart... yakking over strategies we continuously hear about more than experience. (SPOILER WARNING FOOTNOTE: The inevitable twist-ending has a posthumous Mr. Glass having downloaded the 11th hour superhero battle for the world to see online, which goes against the doctor's attempt to keep it all a secret, but — while the audience sees the special-effects driven finale broadcast on news stations and cell phones within the movie, wouldn't the film's fictional public merely think they're watching... an effects-driven video, just like we are?)
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