Suddenly and inexplicably people in Central Park, New York, stop what they are doing and start committing suicide. This strange phenomena spreads all along the north east of America and no one knows what is causing it? Is it terrorism? Is it the plants? The wind?
Disappointing movie from the master of "twist in the tale" endings M.Night. Shyamalan. Intended to be a B movie but ended up being a box office hit. Why?? Watching this movie is like sitting down to a gourmet meal. You get a delicious appetizer, a pretty good entree and you have left lots of room for a delicious desert, but oh, the restaurant has run out. You don't even get a coffee. It leaves you feeling totally unsatisfied. The story went no where. Desperately hoping for that oh so familiar "I wasn't expecting that" ending, the film finished with almost no explanation. In the end we discover that the reason all these things happened was actually explained in the first ten minutes of the movie, which basically was that the plants were giving off a chemical that affected people's brains causing them to kill themselves. But why the plants were doing that no one knows. This script has more holes than Swiss cheese. The only reason it was a hit was because Mr M has an amazing track record and surely he couldn't do a duff movie? Oh, yes he can.
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