Split [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray] [2 Discs]

Director: M. Night Shyamalan M. Night Shyamalan

Overview

An outing takes a sinister turn for three teenage friends (Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jessica Sula) when they are kidnapped by a ruthless stranger (James McAvoy) and imprisoned in his basement. They soon learn that their captor has multiple-personality disorder, forcing them to plot their escape without ever knowing which of his 23 personas -- young or old, male or female, benign or monstrous -- they will confront on the way out. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/12/2017
UPC:	0191329019795
Original Release:	2016
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Universal Studios
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	1,141

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James McAvoy	Dennis, Patricial, Hedwig, The Beast, Kevin Wendell Crumb, B
Anya Taylor-Joy	Casey Cooke
Betty Buckley	Dr. Karen Fletcher
Haley Lu Richardson	Claire Benoit
Jessica Sula	Marcia
Brad William Henke	Uncle John
Izzie Leigh Coffey	Five-Year- Old Casey
Sebastian Arcelus	Casey's Father
Neal Huff	Mr. Benoit
Robert Michael Kelly	Joe
Ukee Washington	News Anchor
Ann Wood	Game Show Enthusiast
M. Night Shyamalan	Jai, Hooters Lover
Rosemary Howard	Actor
Jerome Gallman	Vince, Security Guard
Lyne Renee	Academic Moderator
Kate Jacoby	Dr. Fletcher's Patient
Peter Patrikios	Taxi Driver
Kash Goins	Flower Kiosk Seller
Roy Wilson	Actor,Security Guy with Dog
Christopher Lee Philips	Older Worker
Julie Potter	Paramedic
Ameerah Briggs	Police Officer #1
Nakia Dillard	Police Officer #2
Robin Rieger	Television Reporter
Emlyn Morinelli McFarland	Diner Waitress
Kim Director	Actor
Maria Breyman	Actor
Bruce Willis	Actor
Gary Ayash	Restaurant Patron
Robert Bizik	Bar Patron
Dann Fink	Game Show Contestant
Bruce Winant	Game Show Host
West Dylan Thordson	Composer

Technical Credits

M. Night Shyamalan

Jason Blum	Producer
Marc Bienstock	Producer
Ashwin Rajan	Executive Producer,Producer
Steven Schneider	Executive Producer,Producer
Kevin Frakes	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer
Buddy Patrick	Executive Producer,Producer
Seth Kleinberg	Executive Producer
M. Night Shyamalan	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Douglas Aibel	Casting
Tod Maitland	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

Director M. Night Shyamalan returns to eerie-good form with Split, a creepy suspense thriller elevated by James McAvoy's chilling, first-rate performance as a man afflicted with dissociative identity disorder, or split personalities. McAvoy's Kevin has 23 distinct alternate personages already bouncing around in his head, with a 24th -- stronger and more menacing than the others -- threatening to emerge. Dennis, one of Kevin's more dominant personas, kidnaps three high-school girls from a suburban Philadelphia mall and locks them in a threadbare basement that's equipped with a blindingly clean bathroom (Dennis is a germophobe); he then informs them that they are "sacred food" to be sacrificed to a soon-to-arrive beast. Two of the girls, besties Marcia (Jessica Sula) and Claire (Haley Lu Richardson), are, understandably, scared out of their minds. But outsider Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy) takes a more measured approach to their predicament, the reason for which is revealed in a series of flashbacks to her troubled childhood. When the trio discover that their abductor has multiple personalities, Casey decides to pit one of them, a sneaky nine-year-old boy named Hedwig, against the others in the hope of tricking him into helping them escape. What the girls don't see are Kevin's visits to his psychiatrist, Dr. Karen Fletcher (Betty Buckley). Kevin talks to her as Barry, a flamboyant fashion designer who claims everything is fine, but his constant email requests for appointments are taken by Fletcher as a dire warning that he is hiding some heinous act he has committed, but can't quite bring himself to confess. As Fletcher delves deeper into Barry's activities and the girls get closer to escaping, Shyamalan ratchets up the suspense to a nail-biting degree, and concludes his horror show with a clever twist that will put a smile on the faces of his many fans who have longed for a comeback after a string of critical and box-office duds (After Earth, The Last Airbender, The Happening, etc.). Split benefits greatly from Mike Gioulakis' dark, foreboding cinematography and Shyamalan's tight, efficient script and direction, but most of all from its pitch-perfect cast. Taylor-Joy, so good in The Witch, is an actress bound for stardom; when she's onscreen, it's impossible to look away. Casey is no mere teen in peril but a damaged soul, and Taylor-Joy makes us feel every inch of her pain. One of Kevin's personas tells her, "The broken are the more evolved," and so Casey draws strength from the deep well of heartbreak inside her in order to survive. Sula and Richardson are effective in limited, underwritten roles, and Buckley brings great warmth to Fletcher that helps us see Kevin and his alter egos as real people with whom we can sympathize. But McAvoy is the real standout here. His role could easily have descended into camp, but he treats each of Kevin's personalities with great respect, thus making them believable. He shifts, seemingly effortlessly, from one persona to another in an instant by altering his facial expressions and voice. The performance is a killer. As is the movie.