Happening - A Review

Last week I saw Happening by Night Shyamalan. I was totally shocked after seeing the film because of the way the film ended. It made me to wonder whether it was the same person who gave us the famous Sixth Sense. Sixth Sense was a master piece and even many critics around the world still hail that film as one of the finest works of world cinema.

Coming back to the Happening it starts in the city of New York. People dying there in a mysterious way. They start to kill themselves all of sudden without any reason. This spreads to near area also. Many dying in an unusual manner. The film starts with a sense of horror and mystery. It goes well for some period making the viewers think about the different possibilities of the source of events. The director is successful in that sense and holds this mystery till the end.

But the worst part came in the end. The climax was very much unexpected. I will rate it as one of the worst climaxes of all time. The director must have considered a different end to the story which would have reasoned with the mystery it creates for most part of the story. But the director fails to deliver it in a perfect manner.

I will rate Happening 4 out of 10 scale because of the way it induces the sense of thrill in the viewers mind in the first half of the film but for otherwise it is bad.