Okay, so Split ends with James McAvoy‘s Kevin still very much alive and on the run, with three of his 23 separate personalities still running the show, forcing the other personalities into subservience (the film’s treatment of dissociative identity disorder is admittedly inelegant and will rightfully inspire some think pieces). While they failed to kill young Casey Cook, the dominant personalities accomplished their ultimate goal – they have unleashed the 24th personality, known as The Beast, a bloodthirsty monster capable of superhuman strength and endurance. It’s wild, silly, B-movie nuttiness and I got a kick out of it.
And if Split had ended there, it would have been a perfectly fine and perfectly entertaining thriller that I enjoyed very much. However, the film has one more trick up its sleeve, a quick epilogue that demands you view everything that came before in a new context.
The film cuts to a restaurant, where the Philadelphia citizenry are discussing the strange events of the past few days and the monstrous killer the press has dubbed “The Horde” (because there are many different personalities, you see). As the camera moves past a series of conversations, one diner notes that this whole thing sounds like another guy who stirred up some trouble back in the day. And then Bruce Willis‘ David Dunn appears on screen and notes that they called him Mr. Glass.
KINO I N O
Xavier Rogers
Based Neito is back Vin and Vulture BTFO
Luis Lopez
THE NEXT SPIELBERG
Matthew Perry
OH God...is M. Night building his own cinematic universe?
Jose Miller
15th time's the charm!
Benjamin Nguyen
>tfw if shamalan was in charge of the DCU then he would have turned it into genius work of art
Dylan Hill
Wow I assumed XXX would beat it.
Cooper Wood
doesnt that guy demand millions for cameos>?
how did shamalung get funds for him
James Lewis
>another capeshit franchise
dropped
Kayden Green
The real capekino cinematic universe is finally here boys.
Blake Allen
You seriously think that the people that think capeshit is supposed to be quips and cgi fights would have taken Shyamalan's slow and metodic style any better than Snyder's?
Jayden Perry
>I'm not a mistake!
Is there a better villain in cape films?
Xavier Lee
I cringed hard when I saw what did they do to poor McAvoy, like forcing him to making those awful speeches. Goddam, that was bad bad.
Juan Miller
This has got to be one of the most well crafted tie-ins to a comic movie universe.
The movie could have been complete dogshit but the epilogue makes people question if it was really dogshit due to being linked to a critically acclaimed film.
How did M. Knight pull this off?
Mason Green
Yeah I'm thinking he's back
Adrian Reed
>FUCKING M NIGHT SHYALAMAN IS SAVING CINEMA BY MAKING ACTUAL TRUE CAPEKINO WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO?
Tyler Sullivan
I seriously was so confused during all the beast stuff, does Casey have super powers too?
Brody Green
It's amazing what has happened in our world.
It starts raining again in California, atheism is on the decline, and now m night shamalan is back!!!
Can't say that trump isn't making America great again already!!
Ryan Long
I hope so.
Thomas Cooper
>tfw too dumb to enjoy split
Ayden Morris
The power to be molested.
Angel Wilson
>tfw tickets were sold out and the only other movie playing was "Why Him?" Should have went home tbqh.
Daniel Thomas
basically shyamalan believes that trauma makes for better people, it sharpens them. i believe that too
Elijah Nelson
go shyamalan go
Ayden Brown
You want to know a true mark of the kino?
>In "Unbreakable" Mr. Glass's mother notes how there are two types of villains >The "Soldier Villain" - the villain who fights the hero with his fists >The Arch-Enemy - the criminal mastermind who fights the villain with brain
And now you have the super strong "Horde" and "Mr. Glass"
Dylan Long
Fuckin kek
In all honesty, I really enjoyed the flashback scenes with the uncle, it all unfolds perfectly. Especially when he begins the "animal play", as soon as I saw the beginning of that I could see where it was heading.
I started to also see the whole "trauma shapes people" near the climax of the film. M. Night is back boys, true kino
Eli Smith
If you can make something engaging enough, with a little action and fanservice along the way, you can do anything with a blockbuster movie.
Jaxson Adams
>all these m. night shamalon shills in this thread
Ayden Walker
>Couldnt stop staring at the main girl the entire movie even with Mcavoy chewing the scenery
I..is this what love is like anons?
Elijah Johnson
...
Cooper Price
Night's entire post Unbreakable career literally proves you wrong.
Luke Myers
Jungle fever more than anything...
Julian Roberts
this is the only reason people are thinking about seeing it.
Adam Moore
Dumb iPhoneposter
Joseph Bell
?
Kevin Butler
So is Bruce Willis a ghost or is he invincible? Did the aliens give them their powers?
Jonathan Clark
Best part? Kevin's dad died on the train in Unbreakable. That's why he lays the flowers a the train station. It's not just an added on epilogue.
Dylan Cox
is this the movie about a dude with a ton of split personalities and whether or not he can be held accountable for murder that one of them committed or not? i think dicaprio was going to star in it but now it's mcavoy
