Old - Movie Review

"Old" new film directed and scripted by  M. Night Shyamalan leaves a little to be desired, the film has a good proposal, and a script of ups and downs, with a direction that does not resemble Shyamalan at all. The script, summarized in an engaging context, the premise is the existence of an Island, whose minerals that surround it make any organic matter present in it rapidly age, basically a day on the island is equivalent to aging for decades, it's something interesting, although during the course of the film itself there are some continuity errors in relation to this created context, the plot twist involving the use of the island is good and feasible, but the script is very bad in the development of its characters, it is very difficult to connect to either of them, although the plotter tries to create that connection several times, it just doesn't work. The direction is also a little disappointing, the use of handheld camera is horrible, the zoom is poorly used and the trail is almost non-existent, there are very few scenes that reminds us that this is a Shyamalan film, because much of it looks like a direction generic, with a clear photograph and a problematic construction of tension, which only starts to work in the second act. 

In terms of acting we don't have any formidable, but the actors on screen deliver the proposal of each of their characters well, I talked about the inconsistency of development, but small features of them are well worked, it's these little touches of Shyamalan that we have. Shyamalan is a director who always adds more to his work, we usually see a very strong intrinsic moral within his supernatural, we always have something philosophical around the construction of his suspense, here, we don't have that, at least I didn't notice this first look, however It's an interesting observation, Shyamalan doesn't usually use scenery composition and talks randomly, we have some references to a western movie that is mentioned during the film, it's worth checking more about this movie because it talks to the work and it's a cool reference about Shyamalan's own life. "Old" could have a much better third act and save the movie a little, which in itself is not bad, but we always expect a little more from Shyamalan, who in this work doesn't deliver that something more, we have an unsigned movie , with a generic direction, a script full of hits and misses and a set of reasonable performances.This one wasn’t as bad as people rated it. Sometimes I think we get a little bit spoiled in our expectations. I also liked the inclusion in this film. M Night is a passionate creator, and I don’t need his movies to be pristine in form to enjoy them. The movies that annoy me most are the ones that are trying too hard to hit stereotypical notes. I don’t think that’s the case here. He’s an earnest filmmaker who wants you to enjoy it.