Ishana Shyamalan is the writer and director of the new movie "The Watchers". She is the daughter of the famous director M Night Shyamalan who created the masterpiece "The Sixth Sense", released in 1999, and the very good "Unbreakable", released in 2000.
Unfortunately for M Night Shyamalan, his huge success 25 years ago, has not resulted in any movies since that time that are nearly as great as his early films as both the writer and director. Anyone must admire the body of work that M Night Shyamalan has completed in his movie career, including the hours writing and then re-writing scripts and even risking his own money on several of these projects. There is no better example of how difficult it is to write, produce and direct a great movie, than following the ups and downs of Shyamalan's career.
As far as the new movie The Watchers co-written and directed by Ishana Shyamalan, the very low 32% ratings on Rotten Tomatoes are very well deserved. This is not a good movie in any way. From the bad story to the boring scenes to the acting, it's amazing that a story idea this bad was ever greenlighted. "There are alien creatures who live in a forest who are watching people inside of a room that is a glass booth". Who cares? There is very little showing of the alien creatures, or fully explaining their motivations. There are some side stories within this film that are not interesting enough to care about. Considering this is the first movie directing for Ishana, making this poor screenplay as her first film was the wrong move.
This movie stars Dakota Fanning as Mina in the main role and she seems to sleep walk through her entire part. There are some other actors within this movie, as some of other people who are being spied on by aliens. Again, who cares.
My rating for The Watchers is a low 20% and a solid pass.
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