It sounds like it was a very divisive movie, but I enjoyed it. I always go to see Shyamalan's movies because I've always found something interesting in them and he usually keeps good tension going IMO.


Premise is a serial killer is lured into a packed concert hall which is then surrounded by police, so no way out. Josh Hartnett is the main character and needs to figure a way out. Hartnett played a great and convincing character, I totally believed he was a manipulative, cunning and clever psychopath who wouldn't be fooled by obvious tricks. The premise actually forced him to do some Hitman-esque kinda chit and that was cool. I wish there were more of it.

It kept me guessing and kept me doing what ifs and working out possible ways he could escape.

But a negative was how it felt like the first 2/3 of the movie was just advertising Shyamalan's daughter's music (she plays the singer at the concert) and there was just this movie plot around it. Plus it did feel somewhat implausible overall.

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Spoiler!


Have you seen it?

Im not much into the 'horror' genre (not sure if this even qualifies) but when I saw the trailer I thought it looked like a really cool premise.

But I wasnt gonna sit thru 2 hours in a theater so I just read the synopsis on wiki and was surprised to see theres no real twist that isnt revealed in the trailer. The movie seems to just be him looking for ways to escape. I thought it was going to be more existential and ambiguous about his circumstance and status as the killer.

That could be part of it, though. The trailer could have led you to believe it was just a trap for Hartnett but there was really something else going down the whole time. There's quite a few ways you could have made an awesome twist, I listed some in my spoiler tags.

1. Why would the police be targeting the venue? Do they believe he is the killer, or do they just believe for some random reason the killer will be there? If the former then why don't they just stop his vehicle on the way there, when he exits it, or even when he leaves after the concert?

2. Are they intending to search everybody there, or just him for evidence? I assume he isn't carrying any weapons or missing/dead people's ID's on him & he could delete any evidence possibly on his phone, or put a security lock on it.

Both are explained in the film, I think the explanation they come up with does make sense and isn't implausible.

Fukk off you chit smearing tranny loving autist

Maybe the movie itself was the trap all along.

Yeah I saw it it was pretty entertaining. Felt myself rooting for the serial killer lol

That dudes movies always start off with what seems is going to be some epic twist but always fall flat. The only one I thought was decent of his was Unbreakable.

Solid movie. I like Signs the best personally.

I had ideas for a cool twist in my OP in the spoiler tags. I think they could have worked.

I still have yet to watch that. Keep forgetting about that movie.

i like a lot of his movies and i like him as an actor because he entertains me.