M. Knight Shyamalan is back again. This time, with star Mark Wahlberg at the center of his paranoid thriller "The Happening".
As with any of Shyamalan's flicks, this is hard to review, because part of the enjoyment is in the not knowing what to expect. This is why I went to an early show on opening day - so that there was no way I could hear anything about the flick other than what was in the trailer.
All that to say - I am not giving away a single plot point here. No spoilers.
What I will say is that I gave this flick a "B".
Whats Good: the hard R (I looked away at least twice), the warped deaths (wow to the sound effects team), the performances (Wahlberg plays the punk-ass hero better than most), the quirky little bits of brilliant direction from Shyamalan.
Whats Bad: the ending, some errors in common sense from the characters, some predictability in the plot, down right painful exposition at some points, the ending, the similarity to other films (Cloverfield, War of The Worlds) . . . THE ENDING . ..
Its a B for what is good. I like Wahlberg, and this is the first of his films that M Knight does not have a cameo in!
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