The Happening Movie Review
The Happening
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Exposition
Characters
Elliot Moore- a high school teacher who is married to Alma.
Alma Moore- wife of Elliot.
Julian- Elliot’s best friend and a math teacher at the same school.
Jess- Julian’s daughter. The Nursery Owner- the one who believed that plants were the one behind the attacks. The Nursery Owner’s wife
Private Auster- a Private First Class in the United States Army Military Police Corps who fled from his base after finding all of the soldiers there has killed themselves using barbed wire.
Josh and Jared- teenage boys who joins up with Elliot, Alma and Jess.
Mrs. Jones- a woman who lives alone in an isolated house in rural Pennsylvania.
Setting
The movie took place at the state of Philadelphia.
Plot
Central Park, New York it all started. As people doing their usual routine a plague strikes as people started killing themselves, rumored to be a bio-terrorist attack that quickly spreads throughout the northeastern side of the US. In a high school not far from the city of Philadelphia, Elliot Moore has no choice but to flee the city with his wife Alma. Together with his friend, Julian and her daughter Jess set out on a train to flee the contaminated area. The train loses contact en route and stops at small town. They received word that Philadelphia was attacked and that Julian’s wife was not able to get on a train, so for that Julian has planned to search for his wife and left his daughter Jess to the Moores. When Julian reached a town called Princeton with a group of people riding a jeep, they saw what appear to be people hanging themselves from trees. Succumbing to it, the driver and Julian both commit suicide.
Elliot, Alma and Jess hitched a ride with a nurseryman and his wife. The nurseryman believes it’s the plants and trees that are responsible, wherein they release a toxin that affects the neurons which they use to defend themselves from threats. Soon after, they rendezvous with a
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Exposition
Characters
Elliot Moore- a high school teacher who is married to Alma.
Alma Moore- wife of Elliot.
Julian- Elliot’s best friend and a math teacher at the same school.
Jess- Julian’s daughter. The Nursery Owner- the one who believed that plants were the one behind the attacks. The Nursery Owner’s wife
Private Auster- a Private First Class in the United States Army Military Police Corps who fled from his base after finding all of the soldiers there has killed themselves using barbed wire.
Josh and Jared- teenage boys who joins up with Elliot, Alma and Jess.
Mrs. Jones- a woman who lives alone in an isolated house in rural Pennsylvania.
Setting
The movie took place at the state of Philadelphia.
Plot
Central Park, New York it all started. As people doing their usual routine a plague strikes as people started killing themselves, rumored to be a bio-terrorist attack that quickly spreads throughout the northeastern side of the US. In a high school not far from the city of Philadelphia, Elliot Moore has no choice but to flee the city with his wife Alma. Together with his friend, Julian and her daughter Jess set out on a train to flee the contaminated area. The train loses contact en route and stops at small town. They received word that Philadelphia was attacked and that Julian’s wife was not able to get on a train, so for that Julian has planned to search for his wife and left his daughter Jess to the Moores. When Julian reached a town called Princeton with a group of people riding a jeep, they saw what appear to be people hanging themselves from trees. Succumbing to it, the driver and Julian both commit suicide.
Elliot, Alma and Jess hitched a ride with a nurseryman and his wife. The nurseryman believes it’s the plants and trees that are responsible, wherein they release a toxin that affects the neurons which they use to defend themselves from threats. Soon after, they rendezvous with a