Excellent ‘Split’ Twist Gives Off Vibe of Early Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies (Commentary)

Almost all of them feature an attempt at a hard-hitting twist, and with the massive success of “The Sixth Sense” right out of the gate, the bar for those twists has been set pretty high.

In the final moments of “Split,” a group of people are watching the news story about split-personality kidnapper and murderer Kevin Crumb (James McAvoy) disappearing from police.

The camera moves through the room to reveal Bruce Willis, sporting a work shirt with the name “Dunn” on the breast, who provides the name the girl is searching for:

The big twist in that movie (SPOILER) is that Price has been searching for a person like Dunn because Price has a condition that makes him extremely vulnerable — his bones are brittle, and in his youth, kids called him Mr. Glass.

[...] he caused the train derailment at the beginning of the movie in an attempt to find a lone survivor:

[...] like a true supervillain, Price reveals he caused several other disasters, and sacrificed a bunch of other people in the process, while searching for his counterpart superhero.

The personality called the Beast basically has superpowers, like the ability to climb nearly sheer surfaces and thick skin that can withstand gunshot wounds.

[...] the twist marks a direction for Shyamalan that, frankly, he should start to get comfortable taking — one where a movie’s story has no need of a mind-blowing moment to make it worth watching.

[...] it makes this Shyamalan twist all the better.

[...] for audiences who have been paying attention, knowing that “Split” could be the beginning of something bigger is enough to make a frightening movie just a little more spookier — by teasing us to imagine the possibilities.