M. Night Shyamalan's sixth film mines a rich lode of end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it clichés, but while the set up is spooky, the development is heavy handed and marred by Shyamalan's inability to write natural-sounding dialogue or convincing characters.
It's a beautiful morning and New York's Central Park is filled with runners, dog walkers, people taking the scenic route to work or luxuriating in the green oasis between the concrete canyons. And then something happens: People stop in their tracks, mutter incoherently and then kill themselves. As the carnage spreads to neighboring streets, accompanied by rumors of bio-terrorism, high school science teache...
Released:
2008
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins