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Glass - Movie Review

History

M. Night Shyamalan has made many movies that provide plot twists that are unusual. Unbreakable and Split are two such examples that surprisingly become part of the same universe. Unbreakable was released in 2000 by Walt Disney Studios. Split was released in 2017 by Universal Pictures. Glass is the third movie in the trilogy distributed jointly by Universal and Disney.

M. Night Shyamalan’s movies were pretty reliable in the 1990s and early 2000s with movies like The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village. The Last Airbender in 2010 was horrible. With a rich story from the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, M. Night managed to destroy over 8 hours of great story telling by condensing it into a 103 minute movie. Not to mention how the characters names were mispronounce throughout the film. I could spend an entire post on how that movie destroyed a live action series.

My children convinced me to purchase Split. I admit at the time of this post, I have yet to watch Split. Yes, I skipped to the last chapter but I will go into that in my review. Glass had me intrigued since it brought together characters I remembered from Unbreakable and a character from Split (or technically 23 characters depending on your point of view). I was not sure what to expect.

Movie Review

I have to admit that I do enjoy when studios bring back all the original actors for a movie sequel. In this case, Unbreakable cast Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlayne Woodard who was the villain’s mother, and Spencer Treat Clark who was the hero’s son in Unbreakable. We even have two cast members who return from Split in this movie, James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy.

If you are expecting a lot of action in this movie, you will be extremely disappointed. The movie relies heavily on character development and origin story telling. Knowing it is a M. Night Shyamalan movie, you keep watching and watching for clues on where the movie might go. It was pleasantly entertaining with two plot twists at the end. I would have to say I am glad I added this to my collection especially since I have both Split and Unbreakable. I am looking forward to watching Split more than ever now.

Rating

I would give this a solid HD rating. It is definitely worth picking up for under $10. I was able to pick up my HD copy from Family Video for $8 the week it came out.

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