Pleasantly surprised

Rating: 7/10 (2 September 2001)

I rented this movie mainly because there was nothing else I wanted to rent, but I must say that the movie was better than expected.
Personally, I liked the comic book references and comparisons. I was once a comic book collector back in the 90's, and so my interest in the movie peaked at the notion of someone being a superhero (or rather a superhuman, since Bruce Willis seemed to be "unbreakable" and since he possessed a (forgive the pun) sixth sense for discovering unethical people).
Watching the commercials back several months ago, I did not realize then that the comic book industry or views were so entangled with the plot of the movie. Had I known this, I might have watched the movie either in the theatres or as soon as it was released.
Obviously, if the viewing public were told that this movie was about comic books (or rather they helped develop the plot), the movie would have likely been less successful and lost integrity. After all (excluding Batman and the X-Men), who would want to shell out $7 - $10 in a movie theatre to see a movie about comic books or comic book characters? Does Punisher ring a bell?
7/10 stars.