Alien at the Movies

Director/writer M. Night Shyamalan is back with his final installment of the Eastrail 177 trilogy. He has taken characters from his 2000 “Unbreakable” film & his 2016 “Split” film to pit themselves against each other. David Dunn (Bruce Willis) aka the Overseer, Kevin Crumb (James McAvoy) aka The Horde with at least 24 personalities, & Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) aka Mr. Glass find themselves in the psych ward of Raven Hill Memorial Hospital. Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson) tries to convince these three are not superheroes & they are just delusional. Or is she delusional? Things get interesting when villains plot to escape & the hero must stop them. Victim Casey Cooke from “Split” & Dunn’s son Joseph from “Unbreakable” also have returning roles. Once again, Shyamalan explores the superhuman concept with today’s comic book superhero obsessed audiences. McAvoy is creepy amazing again. This is an intense psychological thriller. Who will survive? Who I’ll die? Will there be a Shyamalan twist?

Alien gives it 3 “The Beast” stars out of 4.