The story of a man, singled out by society as the weak, meagre, underbelly, who miss-diagnosed with depression realises that there might be something slightly more sinister wrong with him. After Toms paranoia, brought upon by his condition, catches up with him he unfortunately loses control of his life, snaps and assaults two teenagers, hospitalizing one of them. Now his life has fallen into the hands of a psychiatrist who must decide weather he is telling the truth, or lying through his teeth.
Sixth Sense is One Of my favourite films. I remember watching it for the first time and being blown away by three things:
The acting.
I feel that the performances in this are some of the best I have seen. Its the way they make you feel as if it actually happened and that what you are watching is a documentary, not a thriller. I also love Haley Joel Osment's performance as I think it is by far the most creepy and realistic kid performances ever.
The plot twists.
I would love make a film like this one day. A film that keeps you on your feet, keeps you second guessing yourself and ultimately delivers one of the best endings in cinema history. Unfortunately it is very difficult to make plot twists that aren’t predictable because, if you think about it, the writers have to think of something that they themselves would never be able to guess.
Its attention to detail.
I love the attention to detail in this film. Every square inch of the frame has been talked and pondered over and as a result every picture and every word has you on the edge of your seat. This is more an artists masterpiece than a film as in my eyes I think its perfect.
All these things are conventions of a Thriller. From Constant Plot twists to OCD in every frame, a thriller has to look both convincing and interesting to hold your gaze. If it isn’t it can become to obvious, to detached from reality and thus to fantastical, which are the type of thrillers I cant deal with (The Butterfly Effect, Any Nicholas Cage Film).
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