![]() ![]() ![]() No matter how long the two of them try to deny what’s happening, it becomes clear that, to quote 28 Days Later, the end is extremely fucking nigh. But by the end of the movie, that choice hardly seems like one at all. They can’t kill themselves, or kill another by accident-they must decide, and follow through. Their sacrifice will only work if it’s an act of will. Throughout the movie, Leonard underlines the notion of choice. And that goes for Andrew and Eric as well. They might as well be lined up before a firing squad. The horsemen not only die as prophesized but in the order that’s prescribed. But Shyamalan’s movie, on which he shares screenplay credit with Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman, is orderly to a fault. Tremblay’s novel is substantially more chaotic. Knock at the Cabin’s gloss on the Christian tradition is so superficial it verges on nonsensical. ![]()
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