LockandKey said:
Toast Really? TOAST??!?!?!?
Might as well had one guy counter by saying I'll flip a coin.
Heads this is real
Tails I'm hallucinating.
All things considered if you look at the movie as some sort of weird metaphor/hallucination of a man who murdered innocent people because of a psychotic due to what he did I feel it would have worked better or at least been funnier.
If they had went at this from the same direction that Identity did, it could have worked. Like how some guy had a seriously traumatic experience as a kid, and because of it, he developed a second psychotic personality that arises due to stress and feeling threatened. So, being locked in the elevator with other people, with the lights keep going out, triggers some kind of claustraphobia, and brings out the psycho personality. Lather, rinse, repeat; until the climax scene, where the last survivor finally realizes what's going on, and tries to kill him. But, that's right when the people trying to rescue them get the elevator open, and a cop there shoots him dead. So, the last victim dies, because of how innocent the main personality looked; and now, he gets away, no one living knowing his dark secret. Imply that the scenario will inevitably play out again, and BAM!, roll credits.
Anything M. Night is almost always panned these days, and rightfully so. I'm starting to wonder if he has some sort of tax dodge like Uwe Boll does, so the worse his movies/creations are, the more money he gets from the back end.
