A suspiciously-diverse bunch of holidaymakers are dispatched on an excursion to a 'secret' paradise beach, at which the children start ageing rapidly, a knife wound heals instantly, and attempts to the leave the beach appear futile...enigma codes rapidly pile up as the characters face increasingly inexplicable and life-changing events. Typical of Shyamalan's films, the storytelling is far from subtle, some dialogue is wince-inducing and there are some extraordinarily over-ripe melodramatic scenes, but the actual concept driving the story is engaging, bringing home the inevitability of the relentless march of time (compressed here) and our inescapable ultimate fates, even if the contrived trademark twist/explanation in the final act is somewhat eye-roll-inducing.
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