Old is definitely not one of M Night's best films but still far from his worst films too.
First off is the obvious question many are wondering if they haven't looked at the cast list........yes........he does make an appearance in this film and actually winds up playing a major role in this film.......and isn't even in just one scene (like Lady in the Water). I won't spoil all the details here.
To be honest though......this film was worth the wait.
The ending will indeed be a surprise.
And I guarantee you'll like Idlib (played by Kailen Jude) as despite him playing a smaller role than M Night Shyamalan does....but very important.
The trailer though seems misleading showing 5 kids (2 boys and 3 girls).......there's really just 3 kids (1 boy and 2 girls). The scenes we see from the trailer are from two different days (them arriving at the hotel and then them getting driven to the beach the next day. I'm addition there's some rapper, and two other families (two (husband and wife) and then one with six (dog, husband, wife, husband's mom, the one girl, and 28 year old lady). Then we have the main family (dad, mom, boy, and girl).
So all together these 12 people and a dog are on a beach having the time of their lives when the young boy stumbles upon a dead lady in the water (who we see earlier which the rapper was watching). Not knowing how she died, some of the people try leaving the beach but can't because they keep blacking out going the way they came.
They soon realize too time is speeding up and they are aging (over 10 days by each minute) like a year every half hour (over 300 days each 30 minutes). The dog and husband's mom are the first to die.
More different escape tactics taken prove to be deadly (climbing the rocks x1 and swimming out in the ocean to an adjacent area x2).
To make matters worse, the one husband starts going psychotic.......sometimes in a funny like Anthony Hopkins like way.....but most of the time very scary psychotic crazy.
More people meet their fates.
In the end, just our family of four is remaining.....but the parents soon dwindle quick.
Our two kids are the only ones to survive the night and to make yo the next day.
The only plot that I felt was unnecessary was the part about the one girl getting pregnant. This is mainly because the baby only survives 1 minute and 20 minutes later......they're not even mentioning this plot anymore in the film.
It is somewhat explained that only the kids go hungry and eat more food, while the adults need hardly any food......but still time is moving at a constant rate for everybody......so I still feel like this plot doesn't gel so well.
And the ending just proves to ask more questions of logic like this.
Like I said, I feel M Night Shyamalan is getting back but isn't completely back yet.
I particularly enjoyed this much better than THE VILLAGE, AFTER EARTH, THE VISIT, and THE LAST AIRBENDER.
First off is the obvious question many are wondering if they haven't looked at the cast list........yes........he does make an appearance in this film and actually winds up playing a major role in this film.......and isn't even in just one scene (like Lady in the Water). I won't spoil all the details here.
To be honest though......this film was worth the wait.
The ending will indeed be a surprise.
And I guarantee you'll like Idlib (played by Kailen Jude) as despite him playing a smaller role than M Night Shyamalan does....but very important.
The trailer though seems misleading showing 5 kids (2 boys and 3 girls).......there's really just 3 kids (1 boy and 2 girls). The scenes we see from the trailer are from two different days (them arriving at the hotel and then them getting driven to the beach the next day. I'm addition there's some rapper, and two other families (two (husband and wife) and then one with six (dog, husband, wife, husband's mom, the one girl, and 28 year old lady). Then we have the main family (dad, mom, boy, and girl).
So all together these 12 people and a dog are on a beach having the time of their lives when the young boy stumbles upon a dead lady in the water (who we see earlier which the rapper was watching). Not knowing how she died, some of the people try leaving the beach but can't because they keep blacking out going the way they came.
They soon realize too time is speeding up and they are aging (over 10 days by each minute) like a year every half hour (over 300 days each 30 minutes). The dog and husband's mom are the first to die.
More different escape tactics taken prove to be deadly (climbing the rocks x1 and swimming out in the ocean to an adjacent area x2).
To make matters worse, the one husband starts going psychotic.......sometimes in a funny like Anthony Hopkins like way.....but most of the time very scary psychotic crazy.
More people meet their fates.
In the end, just our family of four is remaining.....but the parents soon dwindle quick.
Our two kids are the only ones to survive the night and to make yo the next day.
The only plot that I felt was unnecessary was the part about the one girl getting pregnant. This is mainly because the baby only survives 1 minute and 20 minutes later......they're not even mentioning this plot anymore in the film.
It is somewhat explained that only the kids go hungry and eat more food, while the adults need hardly any food......but still time is moving at a constant rate for everybody......so I still feel like this plot doesn't gel so well.
And the ending just proves to ask more questions of logic like this.
Like I said, I feel M Night Shyamalan is getting back but isn't completely back yet.
I particularly enjoyed this much better than THE VILLAGE, AFTER EARTH, THE VISIT, and THE LAST AIRBENDER.