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The Happening

Name: The Happening
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 2008-06-11
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley

2008 · 1h 30m · Thriller, Science Fiction

IMDb 5.0 Metacritic 34 RT 17%

Skip it. This M. Night Shyamalan thriller is widely regarded as one of his worst films—the premise is genuinely intriguing, but the execution is clumsy, the dialogue is wooden, and the twist lands with a thud. You'll find better sci-fi thrillers that won't waste your evening.

Plot

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley

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