His most recent effort, Devil (2010, about a group of people trapped in the lift one of whom may be Satan, and who begin dying one by one in the tradition of all the best claustrophobic murder mysteries underlined that in spades.Īnd I am willing to bet my entire collection of in-the-box Star Wars figurines – you know, if I, um, actually owned any – that After Earth will do much the same. He knows what makes a good story and while sometimes the execution may falter a little, or yes a lot, there’s never any doubt that he knows how to spin a tale. I know there are a great many people who have tired of Shyamalan’s cinematic vision after films like Lady in the Water (2006) and The Happening (2008) fail to deliver on the promise of The Sixth Sense (1999) and Unbreakable (2000) – and yes for this sic-fi geek Signs (2002) which has one of the most terrifying alien sightings in any movie I have ever seen – but I think they fail to realise that the man has the goods. Night Shyamalan’s is back with another movie, and you what? One of Hollywood’s most gifted, and yet at times maddeningly inconsistent directors.
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