Sixth Sense was entertaining...

Rating: 1/10 (15 July 2006)

...if too easy to anticipate. A few weeks ago, I saw Signs. It was OK. Until I saw Scary Movie III last night on TBS, where the commercial breaks are longer than the program segments. That gave me time to think. The parody OF Signs was FAR better than the original, which now seems totally contrived and pointless, but harmless.
Not so, this film! Unbreakable is deliberately, pointedly awful. From original concept, right down to the most insipid minor characterization! Someone, somewhere below wrote something about building suspense and characterization. HARDLY! What builds is the terrible job of audio recording, the "steal something from every master director" approach of the incompetent writer/producer/director, and the sense that Bruce Willis probably washed his hands after each "cut" was called. This is a nasty little film that takes the plot of "Breathless" (now #2 worst movie I have ever made it through...) and collapses it even further inward on its vacuous self.
This film says nothing, portrays nothing, except the empty self-absorption of everyone in it, except Willis, who comes to accept their dilemmas and fall victim to them himself. No WONDER he's depressed! He's married to a woman who sees her life's mission as saving people...from football injuries! And that's just the EASIEST of the characterizations to grasp! Save yourself the time and effort. Rent something worth seeing. Then, make a list of everyone you know who liked this film, and keep your family away from them.