The Happening

M. Night Shymalan went from the “twist ending” to the “no ending.” This starts out well with a couple of scary and violent sequences, but it all adds up to diddly-squat. There’s no point to the movie, there’s no emotional struggle for the characters, and some of the acting is unintentionally laughable. It’s also one of those movies where the main characters don’t seem to do what is logical, but they act in accordance with what is convenient for the plot and the filmmakers. Therefore the main characters are impossible to relate to because they don’t make any rational, normal human choices, like for example, putting on a friggin’ dust mask! I reiterate, for the best, scary end-of-the-world scenario, rent The Mist.