Interesting idea poorly executed.

Rating: 5/10 (7 May 2003)

When you think about it, this story by M. Night Shyamalan is really quite intriguing. A lowly security guard (Willis) comes out of a deadly train wreck without so much as a scratch. Next thing you know, he's got an odd-ball comic book store goon (Jackson) following him around trying to convince him he's some kind of super hero. When Willis thinks about his past, he realizes that there may be something to it all.
Finding out the truth turns out to be not so interesting. This film is so slow-moving it's stillborn. Bruce Willis gives a much too low-key performance. Wouldn't a real super hero have more of a personality? The "big surprise" at the end can be seen from a mile away this time. It isn't as big a surprise as the one in The Sixth Sense.
Shyamalan's hard core fans will do anything to defend this film. They really seem to love it. Others will not be all that impressed.
2 of 5 stars
So sayeth the Hound.