IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.
A trip to a secluded beach, arranged by the staff at a tropical holiday resort, turns into a nightmare for the guests. A thriller that looks like an episode of The Twilight Zone or Fantasy Island – M. Night Shyamalan is the right filmmaker to stage a story about people who realize that they’re trapped in a place where they are growing older fast. Never dull, but a bit of a mess, constantly falling short of providing a satisfying amount of thrills or emotion. Gael Garcia Bernal and Vicky Krieps’s couple are frustratingly aloof to us.
2021-U.S. 108 min. Color. Widescreen. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Graphic Novel: Pierre Oscar Levy, Frederik Peeters (”Sandcastle”). Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal (Guy), Vicky Krieps (Prisca), Rufus Sewell (Charles), Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, Embeth Davidtz… Gustaf Hammarsten, M. Night Shyamalan.
