Geekery: Look Out for the Plot Twist in ‘Split’
One thing is for sure: James McAvoy looks like he’s having a hell of a good time in this trailer.
It could be played straight, but this is an M. Night Shyamalan flick so that’s not a possibility. From the movie’s official site:
While the mental divisions of those with dissociative identity disorder have long fascinated and eluded science, it is believed that some can also manifest unique physical attributes for each personality, a cognitive and physiological prism within a single being.
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all of the others.
If that’s not a horror movie trope within a horror movie trope, I’m not sure what is. It looks like a shoe in for die hard fans of the full range of the genre – from classic to not so much. At the very least, watching McAvoy chew up scenery will be fun and worth the ticket price. Or you could go see xXx 3, which comes out the same weekend.
The cast also includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, and Kim Director, as the captives; and Betty Buckley as Kevin’s psychiatrist.
Split is due in theaters January 20, 2017.
