What has happened to the great M. Night Shyamalan? The once promising film maker is now running on vapors and seems to have completely lost his mind and screenwriting savvy. His work in the films The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable were extraordinary. Signs and The Village? Respectable. Lady in the Water and The Happening? Appalling!

I had really wanted to enjoy this movie. The premise was unique and intriguing, and as Roger Ebert had put it, “a wake-up call from nature”. However, the execution of the script was terrible and the acting was wooden and disjointed. I could not believe how terrible the dialogue was, and how horrible Mark Wahlburg performed. (hopefully he will redeem himself in his latest film release Max Payne)

Yet, despite its overall mediocracy, you have to love the environmental message behind the film. The human race has destroyed and abused our planet for far too long and Mother Nature wants her planet back. Go Green or DIE! haha

Synopsis:

It begins with no clear warning. It seems to come out of nowhere. In a matter of minutes, episodes of strange, chilling deaths that defy reason and boggle the mind in their shocking destructiveness, erupt in major American cities. What is causing this sudden, total breakdown of human behavior? Is it some kind of new terrorist attack, an experiment gone wrong, a diabolical toxic weapon, an out-of-control virus? Is it being transmitted by air, by water.. how?

For Philadelphia high school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) what matters most is finding a way to escape the mysterious and deadly phenomenon. Though he and his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel) are in the midst of a marital crisis, they hit the road, first by train, then by car, with Elliot’s math teacher friend Julian (John Leguizamo) and his 8 year-old daughter Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez), heading for the Pennsylvania farmlands where they hope they’ll be out of reach of the grisly, ever-growing attacks. Yet it soon becomes clear that no one–and nowhere–is safe. This terrifying, invisible killer cannot be outrun. It is only when Elliot begins to discover the true nature of what is lurking out there–and just what has unleashed this force that threatens the future of humanity–that he discovers a sliver of hope that his fragile family might be able to escape what is happening. – MOVIEFONE