The ‘Split’ Twist Was Hiding In Plain Sight All Along
It seems like an awful lot of you watchedSplitover the weekend because the film is already a big hit. That means that an awful lot of you were able to experiencethe nuttiest twist inM. Night Shyamalan’s careerand one that you absolutely don’t want to know about until you experience it for yourself. So as we segue into the first proper paragraph about how this reveal was hiding in plain sight all along, consider this your one and onlyspoiler warning.
Oh, good. You’ve made it. Let’s dive right in.
Since you’re here, you already know that the final scene inSplitreintroduces Bruce Willis' indestructible “superhero” David Dunn, revealing that the movie we just watched takes place in the same genre-tinged Philadelphia introduced in 2000’sUnbreakable. It seemingly comes out of nowhere and it’s one of the most pleasant surprises I’ve experienced in a movie theater in ages.
Fortunately for everyone protecting the secrets ofSplit, no one thought to line up the film’s poster with the original one-sheet forUnbreakable. Well, until now. The image below comes our waycourtesy of Redditor davoaridand it’s certainly not coincidental. Sure, the cracks don’t line upexactlyin the middle, but it’s certainly close enough to inspire you to slap your forehead with your palm and mutter “Of course!”
There are other ways for the ending to be tipped off for you ahead of time. Some soundtrack junkies became aware of the twist a little early when Shyamalan reusesd James Newton Howard’sUnbreakabletheme music during a key scene. And some very observant movie fans have noted that both Willis' David Dunn and James McAvoy’s Kevin Wendell Crumb discover the true nature of their powers while on board Amtrak trains.
Splitis in theaters now. If everything goes according to plan,we’ll be getting one more movie in this series.
