|
 THE
VILLAGE
With
Joaquin
Phoenix,
William
Hurt,
Adrien
Brody,
Sigourney
Weaver,
Brendan
Gleeson
Directed
by
M.
Night
Shyamalan
Director
M.
Night
Shyamalan's
three
high
class
thrillers
The
Sixth
Sense,
Unbreakable
and
Signs
all
have
a
great
atmosphere,
intriguing
plot
and
serious
twist.
With
The
Village
my
expectations
ran
high,
and
a
throw-away
thought
midway
ended
up
being
the
big
twist!
The
village
in
question
is
a
peaceful,
rural
turn
of
the
century
town
of
simplicity,
the
border
around
the
fringes
a
no-go
area.
Creatures
dwell
the
woods
and
the
villagers
stay
away,
fearing
their
wrath.
They
are
cut
off
from
the
rest
of
the
world
and
in
the
event
of
illness,
medicine
cannot
be
obtained.
With
death
the
inevitability
in
one
such
case,
the
victim's
beloved
(a
blind
girl)
asks
permission
from
the
elders
to
cross
the
boundary
and
go
fetch
medicine
from
a
nearby
town.
This
is
one
of
those
films
where
you
have
to
get
sucked
into
its
narrative
and
let
the
director
take
you
on
his
trip.
Whether
you
figure
out
the
twist
is
not
of
importance
-
it
will
in
fact
spoil
the
experience.
But
even
so,
this
is
not
Shyamalan's
most
mind-blowing
effort,
but
still
a
moody
cinematic
experience.
PS.
Look
out
for
the
director's
regular
cameo
appearance,
this
time
a
reflected
one
4
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C
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PB
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6
A
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B
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C
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