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This entire film seems like an elaborate ploy to force us to watch Shyamalan's daughter performing the worst concert in history. Not one believable moment or character in the entire film. Of course we all go to concerts where you can easily converse with the person next to you, get breaks so they can set up the stage for the next song, walk right up to the merch table, and convince the staff to let your kid up on stage. No spoilers but the wife also might hatch the dumbest plan ever. I am only giving this many stars because I do like Josh Hartnet and hope someone writes him a good script next time out. Also the young actress playing Josh's kid does a decent job with very little to work with.

I was reluctant to watch this prequel since I didn't see how it could hold up to the greatness of AAron Pederson's Jay Swan character. Well I was blown away with how great Mark Smith does stepping into those large shoes. The plot is good too. Others here have complained about the slow pacing but it's actually something I appreciated and it maintains the feel of the previous series. The locale, as always, becomes a character as much as any of the humans wandering through it. The filming is picturesque and well edited. Absolutely beautiful. Hopefully this will launch further Jay Swan storylines.

Coben limited series are usually a good watch thanks to the many twists and turns and high production values. Usually though, at some point, there begins to be one too many coincidences, red herrings, or improbable twists. This time it reaches that point super early. Also it has a number of elements that have been used in other, better, Coben series. Ex -strippers trying to live under new identities, creepy couple kidnapping women and torturing them for information. Seen it before. Also the characters all have a cartoonish quality thst I think must be the blame of the director. It does get better in the last 3 episodes if you can plug through. But you can Skip this one unless you are trying to see them all.