Glass

The year's 1st highly anticipated movie, Glass brings together Unbreakable and Split.

But this is not M. Night Shyamalan's Avengers. It's not some big action blockbuster. And I think the deliberately offbeat approach to this movie explains some of the hate already being directed at it. It's not the movie you'd expect, but it carves out its own interesting niche.

The dynamite opening 20 minutes or so set the scene wonderfully, then we move to he main act, with James McAvoy, Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson all in a mental institution, being treated by Sarah Paulson.

Not much more offbeat than having Samuel L. Jackson not utter a single word of dialogue for probably half the film. If you aren't on Shyamalan's wavelength this middle act could seem dull. I was never bored. I only thought some of the Paulson stuff was repetitive, as she tries to convince our lead trio that they are not in fact extraordinary. I knew there was going to have to be some kind of twist with Paulson, cause she is presented as such an idiot, and there is one....which I was mixed on.

We do get a good 3rd act face off, although even this isn't some epic clash. But it's good. I was with it the whole way.

The way this movie ends is a mixed bag. Shyamalan very much makes this superhero saga his own. But the twist involving Paulson and what she's really up to, while opening up to potential future films, is not all that satisfying.

McAvoy is amazing again, as he was in Split. It's bizarre seeing Willis actually giving a shit again. He hasn't been good in anything for years. Jackson eventually speaks, and when he does he is fantastic. I wished there was more of Anya Taylor-Joy, but I really liked what happened with her character.

Glass is not close to as great as Unbreakable, and I'm pretty sure I would place Split comfortably above it too, but it's an interesting end to the trilogy.