Clever new thriller

On Jul 25, 2021

M Night Shyamalan has had some huge blockbusters (The Sixth Sense) and some massive flops (Lady in the Water) as well as a few movies somewhere in-between (The Visit) so it comes as a surprise that his new film, Old, is so hard to categorize. Genre-wise, it’s a thriller, a horror film, and a deeply moving human drama all combined into one and, regardless of how it does at the box-office, it’s something unique–something we haven’t seen before and that’s the reason we go to the movies.

Shyamalan isn’t doing something formulaic here and that’s the most impressive part of Old. Shyamalan doesn’t disappoint and also delivers his signature twist ending as well.