Day 27 - 01/27/2019

  M. Night Shyamalan completes The Eastrail 177 Trilogy with Glass, combining the cast of Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson from Unbreakable, and James McAvoy from Split. Shyamalan is famous for his intricate plots, as evidenced by his other works such as Signs and The Sixth Sense, which his newest film is no different, though this time not necessarily in a good way. 

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  Three men with super-heroic powers find themselves in a mental institution. Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder, having 23 completely different personalities from each other, one of them being the powerful "Beast". David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is convinced by Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) to use his superhuman abilities once again. Meanwhile, despite having brittle bone disease, Elijah is the smartest one, playing a game of chess between these men that can easily overpower him. 

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  The story starts on the right foot, as there are not only good interactions between Dr. Ellie (Sarah Paulson) and her patients, but their own awkward ones between themselves. Viewing the crossovers of the past movies is interesting and there are key moments in the film that the director's touch can be felt in a positive way. James McAvoy is by far the one that steals the scenes with every single one of his personalities, carrying the movie on his back!

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  If the story started on the right foot, in not only continues in the wrong one, but stumbles into the ground, rolls over and falls from a cliff. The drag is insurmountable and the initial premise with Dr. Ellie is pretty much ignored to later be revisited by a made up excuse of Elijah's plans. The mental institution itself is not really believable, as the security is weak and outright dumb, and finally, not only is Elijah's master plan not interesting, neither is Dr. Ellie's secret organization. 

 

  Glass is the great idea we all have once in a blue moon. Poor movies more likely than not execute on bad ideas, the more common occasion. However, Shyamalan's work is an example of a good premise poorly executed, which sadly could've been a memorable movie to add to his legacy. With this sad disappointment but still an above-average picture, Glass deserves 5.5 out of 10 stones.