"Knock at the Cabin" is cinema as thought experiment, which inevitably leads to frustration depending on the viewer's own perspective. Frustration is par the course for M. Night Shyamalan movies, however, so it's pretty fitting that he's the one directing this. His direction is fine, too, and the story has just enough of a mix of exposition and mystery that there's some investment in its outcome. Personally, I didn't think the whole thing added up, and I could have done without an ending that is a) the most predictable and b) (to me at least) the least plausible. Shyamalan really lays it on thick at the end and it took some goodwill on my part not to deduct a half-star.
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