Intriguing from the first frame

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2000)

This movie puts M. Night Shyamalan on my list of favorite directors. Sixth Sense was a hard act to follow, but Unbreakable triumphs beautifully. Intriguing and puzzling from the first frame, this movie pairs Bruce Willis with the incredible Samuel L. Jackson. How can you not be interested?
There is a heavy atmosphere, a foreboding feel to Unbreakable that Willis' perfectly underplayed character (David Dunn) seems to wallow in. Next to him, Jackson (Elijah Price) is driven, obsessed. For a good portion of the movie, you won't have a clue what's going on... and after that your guesses are likely to be wrong anyway. The director shows us everything, and yet the key to whole story doesn't sink in till it's nearly over.
This is very much created for the thinkers in the audience, and long after you leave the theater there is plenty of grist for the mental mill. Well worth a second viewing. Bravo to Shyamalan!