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2.5/4
ShyStylish and ambitious but w/o a payoff.
Indyfreak - wrote on 05/06/2019
M. Night Shyamalan completes his trilogy of cult superhero-thrillers with the unsatisfying but undeniably unconventional final installment GLASS.
Named after Samuel L. Jackson's returning villain Elijah Price, the film follows his reunion with the invulnerable David Dunn (Willis) and the monstrous Kevin Wendell Crumb (McAvoy) in a mental asylum. Their shared predicament becomes evident that the staff (led by a stoic Sarah Paulson) have an ulterior agenda so they resolve to escape.
Shyamalan does a good job crafting a suspenseful story on a limited budget. The claustrophobic atmosphere only heightens the scene chewing by Jackson and McAvoy. Bruce Willis remains a solid screen presence and doesn't phone it in for once. It's too bad that he has limited screen time.
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Glass - Review
Matthew Brady - wrote on 03/02/2019
“This was an origin story the whole time”.
Eastrail 177 trilogy, a franchise we didn’t expect to exist or needed, but M. Night Shyamalan surprise us once again with his twist and turns.
After the unexpected hit of ‘Split’, people were warming up for Shyamalan’s follow up ‘Glass’, and the return of familiar faces like David Dunn, Kevin and Mr. Glass himself. By continuing with the grounded approach towards superheroes while making the fantasy aspects implanted into reality. And of course the unnatural dialogue, a usual trademark for Shyamalan. While I don’t think ‘Glass’ is as bad as people made it out to be, but not to say it’s perfect or great, just plenty of missed opportunities in an already solid conclusion.
M. Night Shyamalan manage to craft a …
