major disappointment in 2002

Rating: 1/10 (9 July 2003)

Sorry to say but I see only the young talent wasted here. "Unbreakable" left me thinking that Shyamalan used the same formula known from his intense and amazing "The Sixth Sense" but,despite that, had some good scenes (like Bruce touching people and getting to know their deeds)."The Signs" recreates the same intimate atmosphere but all the elements that S. skillfully uses to create the suspence vanish when we reach to the idiotic finale.
It was like the massive orchestra with the skillful conductor after building the theme suddenly started to play Britney Spears song. All those delicate elements, development of the plot WASTED!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to scream in the cinema (not necessarily because I was scared) and certainly I moaned when all turned out to be horrible a rip-off from a class-B horror from the 50's. It was so idiotic that I was hardly able to believe what I saw. Expecting to get to know that there were no aliens (the form of the film and the "abilities" of aliens seemed to reinforce my opinion)I saw Mr. Phoenix hitting the alien (who looked like a total cliche)with a bat!!!!! All the magic vanished -only disgust remained. It's one of those movies in which the ending is paramount and decides about the quality and coherence of the film. Here we have - an intelligent suspence thriller preparing the viewers for horrible catastrophe that is the finale. That is why for me it's only 1 / 10