Same lead actress, Bryce Dallas Howard, same weird creature, just two years later and he comes up with this version of the same idea.
The "Village" was actually much better. There were characters you could identify with. But Paul Giamatti? Really? After all the hard-nosed capitalist Wall Street types he's known for? We have to have some empathy with him? Nah. Was never going to work.
Poor Bryce should have been given many more lines. She's good, but not used to her best in this film.
And don't make us accept silly ideas like the batteries running out in the walkie-talkies! That's about as bad as a long truck pulling out in the middle of a car chase and blocking the pursuers. Too silly. Cheap trick.
Come on, M. Night - you can do better than this. I hope.
The "Village" was actually much better. There were characters you could identify with. But Paul Giamatti? Really? After all the hard-nosed capitalist Wall Street types he's known for? We have to have some empathy with him? Nah. Was never going to work.
Poor Bryce should have been given many more lines. She's good, but not used to her best in this film.
And don't make us accept silly ideas like the batteries running out in the walkie-talkies! That's about as bad as a long truck pulling out in the middle of a car chase and blocking the pursuers. Too silly. Cheap trick.
Come on, M. Night - you can do better than this. I hope.