Look mom, I created a universe. In what comes off as almost a desperate attempt to revitalize what was once thought to be a promising film career, M. Night Shyamalan takes two of his more successful films and combines them to create a Shyamalan universe by creating Glass. In concept this may have been a good idea for Shyamalan, however in execution Glass comes off more as a mastebatory tribute to himself. With a run time of over two hours Glass goes nowhere, slowly. Despite M. Night’s signature ending, Glass is a two hour version of the trailer. Glass received two stars. One for existing, and another for some repeated good performances from the cast.

Glass was able to retain most of its cast from Split and Unbreakable which should of been promising. James McAvoy (Too many characters to list) reprises his impressive role in which he plays essentially twenty distinctive characters. He is asked to switch between them multiple times and does a great job separating the personalities he portrays. Sarah Paulson (Dr. Ellie Staple) is the new addition to the cast and the driving force to bring the main characters together. She does well at bridging the gap between the two existing stories to create a new plot involving all. Samuel L. Jackson (Elijah Price) and Bruce Willis (David Dunn) were not asked to do much throughout the film. Bruce’s character was much of the same as in Unbreakable. Very soft spoken and unanimated, and Jackson was catatonic for most of the film. Both are the major stars of the film yet feel like they merely had extended cameos. Spencer Treat Clark (Joseph Dunn) is all grown up now bringing an interesting dynamic to the story, and lastly adding to M. Night’s self love fest, he adds himself into the cast with speaking lines that come off more than unnecessary.

Glass could of been a good movie had it not been so long and added more original content. It takes two hours to get to a conflict that you knew was inevitably going to happen. Clips of Unbreakable which seemingly was intended to refresh your memory or bring new viewers up to date, come off more as reminders that Shyamalan once made good movies. Finally Glass ends with a twist not strong enough to open a water bottle. Suitable for most ages but an eye sore for all, Glass is a shameful attempt to trick an audience into seeing another bad movie using credentials of previously well received movies. If you love M. Night half as much as he obviously loves himself you may possibly enjoy Glass, but if you love yourself at all you will avoid this movie.