Original, amazing

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2000)

I went to see "Unbreakable" knowing virtually nothing about the film, which is very rare. I walked out of the theatre and said nothing, I just listened to the conversations of my movie-going comrades. I noticed that all the intelligent people raved about the film, saying how wonderful it was, while the less cerebral people said it was just okay. That's the thing with this one-you need a brain to enjoy it. When someone asked me how I liked the movie, I simply replied, "It was the best F@#$ing film I've seen all year." And it was. While Shyamalan's "Sixth Sense" was superb in every way, it didn't throw me on my ass quite like this one did. I was completely taken by the film's use of comic book heroes in a totally original way. This is definite Oscar material, especially for Samuel L. Jackson. "Unbreakable" will certainly be added to my home library.