The Happening
We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening.
It begins with no clear warning. It seems to come out of nowhere. In a matter of minutes, episodes of strange, chilling deaths that defy reason and boggle the mind in their shocking destructiveness, erupt in major American cities. What is causing this sudden, total breakdown of human behavior? Is it some kind of new terrorist attack, an experiment gone wrong, a diabolical toxic weapon, an out-of-control virus? Is it being transmitted by air, by water.. how?
For Philadelphia high school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) what matters most is finding a way to escape the mysterious and deadly phenomenon. Though he and his wife Alma (Zooey Deschanel) are in the midst of a marital crisis, they hit the road, first by train, then by car, with Elliot's math teacher friend Julian (John Leguizamo) and his 8 year-old daughter Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez), heading for the Pennsylvania farmlands where they hope they'll be out of reach of the grisly, ever-growing attacks. Yet it soon becomes clear that no one - and nowhere - is safe. This terrifying, invisible killer cannot be outrun. It is only when Elliot begins to discover the true nature of what is lurking out there - and just what has unleashed this force that threatens the future of humanity - that he discovers a sliver of hope that his fragile family might be able to escape what is happening.
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Idiotic Movie - Scotfan05
I didn't rent this, it was on TV last night. I thought I would watch it as I like Mark Wahlberg.
What a waste of time. I kept switching back to the SAG awards as the story was getting dumber and dumber by the moment.
Bad acting all over the place, bad script.
I think the R rating was due to the gory scenes of people killing themselves.
I actually stopped watching it, so I have no idea how it ended. I guess I will have to catch the last ten minutes at some time to see if they survive.
Don't waste a second on this garbage.I am done with M. Night movies - Miny_the_Mooch
The Sixt Sense - ****
Unbreakable - ***
Signs - ****
The Village - ***
Lady in the Water - **
The Happening - *
The Last Air Bender - Haven't seen it and won't.
Don't understand how a movie meaker can go from great movies like The Sixth Sense and Signs and end up with a movie like the Happening. I liked the premise of the movie just don't know why the story and acting were so bad. Not going to say that M. Wahlberg is an oscar caliber actor but seen enough of his movies to know that he is not as bad an actor as he was in this movie. The blame has to be with the director on this one. It was almost like M. Night wanted this movie to fail."what's happening?" - yoyomofo
is exactly what you'll hear over 100 times during this 2 hour waste of time. i'm not one to actually ever really dislike a movie but i actually really disliked this one. first of all, it's completely predictable. second, i kept waiting for the "twist" at the end - it never came! third, i'm a fan of the two main actors in the movie (whalberg and deschanel) and i could barely stand them in this film as the script was so poorly written even they couldn't make it sound good. the only reason i'd ever suggest you rent this movie is to fast forward to the end to see this unintentionally funny part where they are staying at this old lady's house and she tells marky mark that she knows he's going to try and murder her in her sleep! it's hilarious! or this would also make a good drinking game movie - you could take a shot every time you hear "what's happening"?
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Idiotic Movie - Scotfan05
I didn't rent this, it was on TV last night. I thought I would watch it as I like Mark Wahlberg.
What a waste of time. I kept switching back to the SAG awards as the story was getting dumber and dumber by the moment.
Bad acting all over the place, ...I am done with M. Night movies - Miny_the_Mooch
The Sixt Sense - ****
Unbreakable - ***
Signs - ****
The Village - ***
Lady in the Water - **
The Happening - *
The Last Air Bender - Haven't seen it and won't.
Don't understand how a movie meaker can go from great movies like The ..."what's happening?" - yoyomofo
is exactly what you'll hear over 100 times during this 2 hour waste of time. i'm not one to actually ever really dislike a movie but i actually really disliked this one. first of all, it's completely predictable. second, i kept waiting for the "twist" at ...