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Glass - 4 stars

“Glass” is the final entry in a trilogy that started with “Unbreakable” nearly two decades earlier and was continued in “Split”. What director M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense”) has achieved with these three movies is something very creative and special.

Vigilante ‘superhero’ David Dunn (Bruce Willis “Looper”, “The Whole Nine Yards”) prowls the streets in search of Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy “X-Men: First Class”), a criminal with 24 personalities. The two are captured and are taken to the same institution where Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson “Lakeview Terrace”) is being held. It is there that Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson “Serenity”) is determined to show them that they are not the real-life version of comic book characters.

It’s great to see the three main characters together and the interactions between them are fantastic. James McAvoy gives an amazing performance as we get to see the majority of Kevin’s personalities this time. Samuel L. Jackson is also great as the mastermind that is ‘Mr. Glass’. Some may be disappointed in the lack of screen time that he gets. Bruce Willis is also really entertaining as David Dunn. Sarah Paulson is intriguing as Dr. Staple. The other characters are really good.

This is not a conventional superhero movie, this is more of a psychological thriller like “Unbreakable” and “Split”. Many of the twists in the movie are very intelligent, the use of colours in this movie is remarkable and there are plenty of disturbing moments in here. However, I do have some mixed views about the ending. I disliked what happens to the main characters (especially Willis’ character) and felt that it was a little anti-climactic. Overall, I enjoyed this movie more than “Split” and I think that it is about equal to “Unbreakable”. If you have not seen the previous two movies then watch them before you see “Glass”.

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