Glass is the last film in M Night Shyamalan’s Eastrail 177 trilogy. The series began with Unbreakable (2010), Split (2017) and now Glass (2019). Unbreakable, 2010, great movie with Bruce Willis. Split, seven years later, fabulous performance by James McAvoy. Now, a scant two years later we have Glass……I’m thinking he rushed it.
Let me make an analogy, this movie is like a Thanksgiving turkey. You lovingly stuff the turkey, you baste the turkey in your the $70 roaster pan, it’s beautifully roasted on the outside. You begin to crave the turkey and OMG it’s raw inside!!! Glass is this turkey.
Shyamalan wrote, produced and directed Glass. This is the case of not enough chefs in the kitchen.
I can’t imagine going to see this movie without having seen Unbreakable or Split. You could watch Split without seeing Unbreakable. But you need to know both backstories to understand Glass, no way around it.
Unbreakable and Split pulled you into the storyline, great plots and a developed story. Glass just seems like “OK lets wrap it up and move on” Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson, just don’t seem to have a lot invested in their characters.
Here are a few items that left me scratching my head.
1. The head psychologist, Dr Staple has just three days to examine Bruce Willis, Samuel Jackson and James McAvoy. Why? What happens after 3 days? We don’t know
2. All 3 men, killers and bad asses extraordinaire, are in a psychiatric hospital that employs less guards than the mall
3. How the heck did medically comatose Samuel Jackson roll himself out of his cell into the hallway? I don’t know, but orderlies just roll him back in the cell and pretend it didn’t happen.
4. Why are they treating Bruce Willis like he’s the worst killer out there, when we have James McAvoy who chowed down on some teenagers in Split?
5. Casey, the one girl who got away from killer McAvoy, is now his friend and champion protector? Hello Casey, he ate your friends.
6. The whole premise of Dr Staple trying to convince all three men they are delusional in thinking they have super powers. And, how did the good doctor just happen to show up with backup when they were beating each other up “superhero style”? On the positive, kudos to James McAvoy’s portrayal of Kevin Wendell Crumb and his 23 different personalities. He, unlike Willis and Jackson, did not phone it in.
I really was looking forward to this movie, but once again, I’m disappointed (see Marwen).
Shyamalan has made some great movies, Sixth sense and Signs being two of my favorites. Glass does not do justice to Unbreakable or Split.
The Eastrail 177 trilogy is over, it peaked in 2017. Glass is a disappointing C minus minus. That’s right a double minus…I just made that up. Wait for it to hit Red Box, rent all 3 movies, it’s the only way Glass will make sense. FYI, don’t drink while viewing you’ll just be more confused and have to watch it again.
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