Old
2021
***
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Abbey Lee, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ken Leung, Eliza Scanlen, Aaron Pierre, Embeth Davidtz, Emun Elliott
The Cappa family travel to a tropical holiday destination, where the four of them and half a dozen other people end up trapped on a secluded beach, where time seems to pass at a very rapid pace. Although this is based on existing material (a graphic novel titled Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters), the end result is a typical M. Night Shyamalan mystery with a twist ending. Shyamalan's recent output has been poor, but this is a silly and enjoyable (body) horror movie, as long as you don't pause for one second to think about all the plot holes and unanswered questions.
