Despite having fallen off the wagon since the string of imaginative and successful films like The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs, M. Night Shyamalan seems to be hell bent on making more lackluster movies with predictable twists. However, we do have to give it to him for his persistence and sometimes imaginative plots, which unfortunately haven’t been translating well on screen.
His latest film, Split takes a look at one man’s (James McAvoy) fractured mind with 23 personalities and manifestation of unique physical attributes for each personality.
We’re not sure if this will be a successful film that will truly scare audiences, or whether we will see frightening new levels of ignorance and disregard for coherent storytelling by a once promising filmmaker that awed his audiences and critics. Only time will tell.
Coming to theaters January 20, 2017.