Rating of
2.5/4
ShyStylish and ambitious but w/o a payoff.
Indyfreak - wrote on 05/06/19
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.
The film has a solid two-thirds of a story before the ending goes off the rails. There's all this buildup and it's wasted on a shocking anti-climax that unveils one twist after another. (Ah there's the Shyamalan that we know). It's certainly a way to stand out from the usual pyrotechnics and CGI spectacle in typical comic book movies.
But I was left wanting.
