Always beautiful.

Rating: Null/10 (2 December 2004)

Still very beautiful and typical M. Night. Watch for him as a drug dealer in the stadium. As in good movies, the twist in the end IS in the beginning, the text on the demographics of comicbook collectors foreshadows that twist. I loved the stylish upside down POV shots, that happens when the kid is watching TV and when Sam finally gets a glimpse of what the man in the camouflaged jacket is carrying. And I loved that shot in the train where Willis's face is put in sharp focus while the bright background is behind him as he looks around, scared and confused when the train is about to crash. Similar to that shot in SIGNS where Mel Gibson is centered in the frame as he watches in terror what happens to his son in the living room. I'm always impressed by the way Manoj Nelliyatu frames his sequences.
Also, I'm glad there was a payoff for the "revolver", foreshadowed in the scene where Dunn recollects the two big incidents in his life, by the way that scene with the revolver later on? It is pretty tense. Very nice the way Manoj plays with the tension between David and Audrey, it is setup in an early powerful sequence in the train where Dunn removes his wedding ring as he is about to speak to another woman. I also loved the long take in that train sequence by the way... the "reflection" shot of young Elijah on the TV... Night's
movies are always beautiful to look at.
Don't worry about the WHERE ARE THEY NOW superimpositions in the end.
Unbreakable is 9/10, way up there with Night's 3 other entertaining Hollywood thrillers. Have yet to see WIDE AWAKE and PRAYING WITH ANGER.