The Happening
Running Time:
1 hr. 29 min.Release Date:
June 13, 2008Starring:
Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Spencer Breslin, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty BuckleyDirected by:
M. Night Shyamalan$65M
Box Office Gross
What's The Story
Elliot Moore is an underappreciated schoolteacher whose marriage is on the rocks. But nothing helps you forget your worries like a sudden global apocalypse! When people begin dying en masse, rumors fly about terrorist attacks or botched government experiments, but soon it becomes obvious that even the government couldn't botch things this badly. Confused and terrified, with their links to the rest of the world rapidly vanishing, Elliot and his family must go on the run in what is fast becoming a post-apocalyptic wasteland.Three Good Reasons
- 1This is writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's first R-rated thriller, so odds are you too will be seeing dead people. Lots and lots of grotesque, horrific dead people.
- 2Mark Wahlberg is an acclaimed actor who looks great with "what the heck is going on" lines etched on his brow. Shyamalan wrote the part of Elliot specifically for him.
- 3The hints are that the disaster in the film is an environmental one, so perhaps the movie will scare a few young city-dwellers into trading in their Hummers.
