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Split (2017)

Split is a 2016 American psychological horror thriller film and the second installment in the Unbreakable trilogy written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man with 24 different personalities who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility.

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دووەم فیلمی سێینەی (نەشکاو – Unbreakable).

The movie marks the comeback of Night M Shyamalan who was once a celebrated director with his hits such as The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable suddenly fell apart with series of mediocre or flop movies. Just when critics thought Shyamalan is lost, he showed us a glimpse of hope with his Film The Visit. The Split definitely means that Shyamalan is back and he’s here in this industry for a reason. His movies are quite contemplative and he has a unique touch in his movies which makes us as audience experience too many emotions in them.
Split is a film starring James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb, who has undergone severe mental abuse in his childhood and disassociate identity disorder which made him create 23 distinctive personalities among himself, some of them more unpleasant than others. The film starts with one of the characters called Dennis who kidnaps three girls out of which two are popular and typical teenage girls and the other who is the main protagonist is a lonely girl Casey who is also affected by her own life. Series of Characters such as Dennis, Patricia, Hedwig who continuously interact with the girls. Here shines the acting skills of McAvoy where he pulls off some brilliant acting which makes the audience engage into the movie and get a grab of the character. It almost feels as if it was written solely on the prowess of his skills.
Series of Dramas and the characters interaction with the psychiatrist Dr. Fletcher adds to the pace of the movie. I love the way that the movie has made even tiny details seems significant in the long run, an example where the doctor calls the full name of Kevin to bring out the original character during her sessions and this detail is used in the later part of the film. And also love the way the film dealt with the character Arc of Casey but what we get is a poignant moment of truth where an antagonist character relates with her suffering.
This movie also teases us about the big character named “The Beast” who is the 24th character and is said to control the others all and the movie all sets up an act for the reveal of The Beast. This was also a reference to his previous hit “Unbreakable” which opens up a big storyline and it set up a base for the whole new Universe that Shyamalan created and lets just hope something great turns out from this in the future
Though the film lost its pace towards the end and felt like breaking apart. It was carried away by the mindblowing acting of McAvoy and the scintillating background score from West Dylan Thordson. And with a subtle twist, in the end, this ended this movie in a good note.
Overall this proved to be one of the best films from Shyamalan and he may have finally found himself the productive niche that eluded him for so long.
If you haven’t watched it, Please go ahead without any doubt.

Plot: 3 Girls are kidnapped and kept in a place by a man who suffers from multiple personality disorder. He has 23 identities of himself and warns the girls of a 24th one who is about to come.

Review: This review of mine will be containing some Spoilers, so please if you haven't watched the film please don't read the review.

So Split is a film directed by M. Night Shyamalan who is mostly known for the films which have some sense of super-naturalism in it. I saw this film with huge expectations and man the expectations (if not all) were met. The film is 117 minutes long and I was invested in it for most of the time.

Talking about the plot of the film. The plot started out as a somewhat normal Kidnapping type of film. But then as the story progresses, we see that the kidnapping goes way deeper than what is was meant for. For me, the pace of the film started after 30-35 minutes or so. I guess that is when Kevin's personalities come to light. At first many people would think how the hell is Shyamalan going to manage the space for 24 personalities. But yes he does. Hats off for that. I also for some time wondered what the hell does Casey's backstory have to do with this. But you see that the backstory is an integral part of Casey. Also we do have a Dr. Karen who's character is fleshed out quite good who tries to help our protagonist (antagonist).

Now about the performances. James McAvoy (who I better know as Professor Charles Xavier of X men) killed it. The personalities were portrayed by him were near perfect. I especially like the characters of Patricia and Hedwig. The 24th character (Beast) was not too convincing for me (Maybe I have a taste for violent films, so that is why I was expecting some gore in that part). Anna Taylor as Casey was also great. Actually if you see it is a film about the way how both Casey and Kevin deal with the abuse in their childhood in the present day. The film shows the contrast between these 2 behaviors in a very nice way. The role of Betty too as the caring doctor was great.

My Favorite scene would be towards the climax where Casey tells Kevin's whole name. Kevin comes to his normal self and asks Casey to kill him. But then the other personalities of Kevin come and scare off Casey. As I said above, the Beast wasn't too convincing for me, but Casey's fear during the scene actually made up for the horror that was needed for the scene.

Spoiler reveal: (which I had actually known for quite some time). We see Bruce Willis in the end as David Dunn sitting in a cafe watching a news about Kevin. Many Unbreakable fans (as myself) would be quite happy seeing that. Many people were waiting for a sequel to a Unbreakable. And I am happy we have got something close to that. Shyamalan too has said that his next film will be in this U/S U (My abbreviation for Unbreakable/Split Universe). So can't wait for David vs Kevin (if that would be the plot for the next film in this universe).

Final word: Split is actually a great film. Do watch out for the great performance by James McAvoy. Although little loose during the start, but once it keeps the grip it never loosens it till the very last scene. The opening and closing credits are also done in a quite interesting way.

So for me Split is an 8/10 film.

I think this movie has #bestOfThriller never expected this much out of speech movie I have no words speechless this movie can't be watched with kids . yeah you can with friends