I’ve been reading about this new movie called Split. It’s about a man who has 23 separate personalities and the three girls who he keeps in the basement.
Here’s the good news: the film stars James McAvoy, who seems like the perfect pick for this type of role. Anya Taylor-Joy, who was so good in The Witch, is also in it. The film is directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who made a comeback of sorts with The Visit.
Here’s the bad news: This sounds like exactly the type of storyline that will bring out Shyamalan’s worst tendencies. I’m going to predict right now that the film is going to end with either the three girls turning out to be figments of McAvoy’s imagination (or maybe manifestations of three of his personalities) or McAvoy turning out to be a figment of someone else’s imagination. Or maybe Anya Taylor-Joy will turn out to be the one with multiple personalities and the whole movie has just been taking place inside of her head. You know it’s going to happen.
Add to that, the movie is being released in January of 2017. January is traditionally the time that studios dump their worst films.
Oh well, no need to worry! The world’s going to end in November regardless.
Anyway, here’s the trailer for the film that none of us will ever get the chance to see!
