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The Cost of Belief | Glass (2019)
Warning: The following article will contain spoilers for Glass (2019)
In 2019, Glass, directed by M. Night Shamalan, concluded a surprising trilogy of featuring Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016). Receiving less critical applause than the previous two entries, it never the less delivers on the shock and surprise we associate with the director when at the height of his powers.
As a film, Glass (2019) ponders questions relevant to a culture saturated with superheroes, and if it becomes derailed from story to ask these questions they remain relevant as critiques of the modern age.
In it’s greatest theme, Glass (2019) questions the cost of belief in the incredible and extraordinary.
Brief Synopsis
Picking up at the end of Split (2016), we find David Dunn (Bruce Willis) from Unbreakable (2000) searching for The Horde (James McAvoy), Kevin a man suffering with dissociative identity disorder. He has been kidnapping young girls to sacrifice for The Beast a personality which is strong as animals and capable of scaling walls with his bare hands.
They meet and fight, with the Horde amazed by Willis keeping up with The Beast, but halted from continued battle by a Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson) and the Police, who take both combatants into custody. Using security…
