Another great movie from a great director, but the ending lacks something...

Rating: 8/10 (23 November 2000)

May I start out by saying, to tell you the truth, this was not the movie I was planning to see yesterday. But with "The Grinch" had sold out before we could get there, and this was the only movie that was interesting enough to see. I was in for a surprise, because I did not expect what I was going to see, and the result was amazing!
Warning: You will be very tempted to talk about this movie for days after, so you must ask people you talk to if they want the movie spoiled for them!!! Also, do not go to any message boards talking about this movie...chances are, there will be some people who will ruin the fun for all of us and blatantly give the ending/role of the characters away.

M. Night Shyamalan, which is known for his first feature film "The Sixth Sense", comes out with another suspense/thriller movie that leaves you on the edge of your seat and not one part of the movie is boring! Mr. Shyamalan has displayed some of the most beautiful, yet disturbing type of directorial style that I have ever seen, excluding "The Sixth Sense"...let's face it, he is a genius. Anyways, everybody knows that Bruce Willis is the only survivor of a "sole survivor" train wreck, and he is not injured, but that's only a small part of the movie. But before that, even, it leads you into the movie with a few sentences that appear on the screen talking about comic books. This is a vital part of the movie, but I will not spoil anything about it. Samuel L. Jackson also gives a splendid display of acting as a man who is pretty frail and has been hospital-ridden for about a third of his life because of a very rare disorder. These 2 people eventually meet, but with some unexpected twists and turns. Since you must see this movie to get something out of me, I will tell you that there is an ending with an unexpected twist, but the ending is lacking a lot more than I expected from Mr. Shyamalan. It's like a story that ends right on the tip of the climax. I really suggest, if there is an alternate ending or alternate scenes, please put it on the DVD when it comes out! This part of the movie, though, in the perspective of the whole picture, fits in rather well and does not affect a high score this movie will get on the IMDb. I give this masterpiece a 9.75/10.