I see comic book heroes and they don't even know....

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2007)

I was surprised how much I liked this movie. One preliminary comment: There are never that many people at a Penn football game. Well... except to kick Princeton's camel haired backsides. Willful suspension of disbelief only goes so far. :-) I wish Bruce Willis would make more movies like this one and fewer like Die Hard Blah Blah. He is so compelling as an obviously sad, lost man. Robin Wright Penn was good, too, but the script doesn't give her a lot to work with. Sam Jackson, as usual, hijacks your attention every minute he's on screen.
I'd highly recommend the movie to anyone who liked "Sixth Sense." The director has some clearly recognized "habits," like the physical darkness of the sets, the emotional distance between the married characters, the old fashioned score(a' la Elmer Bernstein), and the O'Henry ending, but everyone has a voice. He's consistent in his directorial style. It works.
I've never even read a comic book but I seem to enjoy movies about them. Perhaps it's the lack of moral ambiguity. The bad guys are bad and the good guys are good. If only life were that simple! A couple other reviewers have called this and other M.Night movies "family friendly," but I have to disagree. The movie is too emotionally dark and scary -- especially (PLOT SPOILER) the gun scene in the kitchen and the dead woman at the end.