A Great film that was ahead of its time

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2019)

With Glass coming out tomorrow I have gone back and watched the film that started this universe Unbreakable. This film is incredibly unique as it focuses on comic books before the genre of comic book films was a big deal. The premise of the film sees a man survive a train crash unscathed, which peaks the interest of an excentric art dealer. Bruce Willis is the lead in this film and he does a really good job, he is very sombre and down in the dumps in this film but he sells his character very well. You are rooting for him in this film and it is really interesting seeing his character developing and going on a great journey. Samuel L Jackson plays his partner in this film and does such a great job, he isn't as over the top as he has been in other films but he is excentric enough to sell his character as a unique character and you are supporting his role aswell. I also thought the roles of Willis's family were portrayed very well to add to the drama in the film. The story in the film is fantastic seeing this origin story of this normal man realising that maybe he could be a superhero. It is portrayed well enough to make it seem pretty realistic and feasable even though it has supernatural elements. However, i felt like this film ends abruptly, there is a great twist, but it just ends afterwards and I was disappointed by that. The script is great with great dramatic dialogue and well placed humour that helps build up this universe. The style of the film has a great tone to it, the dark mood and incredible score really takes you to this universe. Though i cannot deny that this film has a really slow pacing about it which does hurt its overall quality in my opinion. Overall this is a great film that was quite revolutionary when it came back and should be seen especially given the state of comic book films in this day and age.