As a Hollywood director who has always been supported by the French "Cinebook", Shyamalan has always used the authored style in this new work to draw a self-consistent end to this superhero theme that spanned nearly 20 years. It can't be said to be a self-proclaimed masterpiece, but the quality can only be as unsatisfactory as "Split". Among the three superhero movies, the earliest "Undead" is still the champion. Shyamalan's screenwriting ability is obviously not as good as before, and he can only trudge through the genre deconstruction and signature plot reversal that ridicule Hollywood, leaving the audience with a very mediocre and boring impression. The three civilian superheroes correspond to the names of the three films, and the director made no secret of shooting his own superhero films from the perspectives of these three characters. Completely different from the commercial and entertainment blockbusters adapted by Marvel, in Shyamalan's superhero universe, it pays more attention to detailing the existence possibility of superheroes at the levels of scientific theory and psychoanalysis. Mr. Glass, the villain who made a stunning appearance at the end of "Undead", has transformed into a central figure in the finale, and he and the female doctor have opposing views on superpowers. The female doctor intends to convince them that the so-called superpowers are just personal imaginings and psychological suggestions, while Mr. Glass firmly believes in the existence of superpowers. Most of the following plots are about how he guides the other two protagonists to recognize their own superpower ability. As a result, the villain has become a "frontal" antagonist again, and this method of blurring the opposites of good and evil is one of the ways to rebel against Hollywood's conventional narrative. However, the focus of the narrative is constantly shifting, and the real protagonist only emerges in the second half. The previous plot can only evoke the audience's memories of the role of David 19 years ago, and the excessive display of the "beast" acting skills. These have already been learned in the previous "Split". The script doesn't have enough ink on the line of Mr. Glass to reflect his superb intelligence and villain charm, although he doesn't look like a villain in the traditional sense. Shyamalan seems to be overemphasizing anti-Hollywood consciousness and falls into a narrative predicament of cocooning. The dialectical thinking of the opposition between good and evil in "Undead" is gone, and the thrilling and suspenseful atmosphere in "Split" has not continued. Only the existence of superheroes is left, which makes the audience usher in a complete rebellion in dubious thinking. The climax of the ultimate three-man showdown. This is still an anti-Hollywood design. Although the plot is sufficient to explain Mr. Glass's point of view, it falls back into the dilemma of confrontation between good and evil due to the presence of the villain (the female doctor). Shyamalan used this slightly tragic story to reveal the origin of superheroes, and reluctantly explained the lines in the first two works in the storyline, but
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