Glass

The movie that gave off a similar feel to the movie 'Unbreakable' and featuring a similar cast in the personel of Samuel L Jackson and Bruce Willis. Add the comic book feel and the references to them and you have yourself a sequel to 'Unbreakable'. I joke. This movie is not a sequel and once you add James McAvoy to the line up you start to realise how even though it looked like a X-Men type of movie to start with, it really isn't.

This movie is a chance for James McAvoy to reignite his acting career. He has made some terrible decisions with movie choice, making movies such as 'Wanted' and 'X-Men Apocalypse' (where the scripting writing was terrible' and hasn't really ever shown much of his talents, rather playing on his looks than anything else. In Glass, he takes on a character who has 24 different personalities and he plays them all exceptionally well. He is psychotic and thoroughly convincing throughout. I think that we probably all had doubts about his credentials and assumed that his career was going down the drain. We would have all watched this movie for Samuel L Jackson and accepted that McAvoy was going to be bad but that we would look past him because we were focusing on the rest of the movie but that really wasn't the case. When you think that Bruce Willis is always just himself in movies then I have to admit that McAvoy was actually the star of the movie. 

Superheroes... sound familiar? Glass is about a man called Elijah. We're not really sure if he is actually a superhero or if he is just a tactical genius. He manages to orchestrate the creation of two superheroes. I don't want to explain how as that destroys the point of the movie but he manages to make it so that all three of them are in the same mental institution. Bruce Willis is exceptionally strong, James McAvoy has a character called 'The Beast' and he can become very strong, very aggressive and climb up things without a problem. Naturally, where there are superheroes, there are government agencies trying to cover it up and make them think that they are normal. This plan doesn't work because Mr. Glass manages to override all the cameras and live stream their escape to the relatives of each of these three characters. 

Spoiler... all three characters die but the live feed of their escape, from the 100 cameras inside of this institution is sent to the relatives and the relatives upload for the world to see. 

This movie is set up for a sequel but I would hope that the production team will take their time with it and make sure that the script is good because they shouldn't just pull out more superheros in the same city because that we be predictable and rather stupid. This agency admits that there are people with unnatural powers but also accepts that where there are heroes, there are always villains and that this creates conflict and therefore they attempt to remove both without anyone realising. They were all prepared to move on to the next city and that is what they should do. Glass was the setup. Other than his brain, he had no powers. His bones shattered easily and it made him easy to kill but he was exceptionally intelligent. 

The lack of real powers and the lack of an obvious hero and villains makes this film different, which is probably why it topped the box office. Glass is memorable and more psychological than most other superhero like movies. You will remember it and you may also spend time wondering about Mr. Glass and if he really did have special powers or if it was more chance than anything else. 

Samuel L Jackson delivers the performance that we have come to expect from him. We have got used to him being a bit weird and different in some of the roles that he has taken on over the decade but that is why we love him. He can do more than just be, there is no other way of saying i, 'a dude'. 

Sarah Paulson is one to keep an eye on. She has this way of taking on roles in smaller films or taking on roles where you may not remember her because she is overshadowed by a bigger name. She has taken on roles in '12 Years A Slave' and 'Carol', as the first two that spring up after 'Glass' when you search her on 'IMDB'. I have seen both of those movies and now that I see them listed I start to remember her but I couldn't without the prompt. Sometimes being forgettable isn't a bad thing. It's not that we forgot her, its just that we made the mistake of overlooking her in smaller roles. If she ever takes on a role that earns her awards then we will all make a point of allocating her a place in our memory, rather than storing her somewhere in the desert of our long term memory and throwing away the key. She was in Ocean's 8 and was fantastic in that movie as well but again, the prompt was needed to make the connection. For some people, this type of career is enough. Take the role, do it well, make successful movies but avoid the spotlight and be able to dictate your career in terms of doing the movies or series that you want rather than having this audience demand to take on weird roles or bigger movies that are so often a huge flop.

I would say to anyone who hasn't seen it, make sure that you catch this movie while there is still time because it is different to most things being released at this moment in time and so much better than the 'Avengers' movies.