Glass paired with Unbreakable and Spilt wraps up Shyamalan’s ode to comic books trilogy. It picks up a few weeks after the events of Split, and fifteen years after the Unbreakable.

David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is running a security company with his son, Joseph (Spencer Treat Clark). He uses this as an opportunity to use his powers to save people and is trying to find The Horde (James McAvoy) who has kidnapped more young women.

When the two clash, they are captured by police and rendered to an institution under the care of Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson). Casey (Anya-Taylor Joy) is relieved to hear of The Horde’s capture, while Joseph hopes to get his dad out.

Staple plays mind games, attempting to convince David that he doesn’t have powers. He’s not a superhero. But he’s not the only one in this institution that has those problems. The Horde is here, his personalities held in check but so is Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson).

Glass is playing everyone, and is making overtures to The Horde, and David may be the only one who is able to stop him.

Not quite the thriller that Split was, Glass almost seems to want to pontificate on superheroes in much the same way Unbreakable ruminated on comic books. It’s still pretty entertaining. It takes the idea of colorful superheros and grounds them in our reality. Eschewing capes and spandex, the heroes and villains look like normal people, until their powers come into play.

I like the fact that Shyamalan lets each of the characters gets a moment, an arc, and McAvoy is fantastic again as all of the personalities that comprise The Horde. And Willis, he has that gravitas, that everyday man feel that he does so well. And Jackson. Jackson is an icon.

Like Unbreakable, the film knows that framing and colors are important to the comic book image, and it’s always there, hinting at the slightly off-reality that these characters exist in.

This one reminded me, just like Split, that I do enjoy a lot of Shyamalan’s work. He’s not always great, but when he’s got control, and is focused on story, things work well. The Unbreakable series makes a nice counterpoint to the Marvel and DC films. The same ideas are at work, but in a more grounded way.

I really quite enjoyed this foray. So yeah, maybe I will see what else Shyamalan has gotten up to. I know I won’t like all of them, but damn if this trilogy is pretty solid.