One of the best mystery thrillers and certainly best superhero movie of past decade.

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2013)

This film contains brilliant performances by actors, especially Bruce Willis who acts against the type as completely average Joe,who miraculously survives train wreck that has left no other survivors and is approached by a mysterious man who claims that Bruce Willis's character might be real world's analogue of superhero . I particularly enjoyed Samuel L. Jackson performance, who played the main villain. It should be noted, that his character doesn't appear as such until the very ending of the movie. By watching his character you can notice a subtle influence of The Joker. It also shouldn't be forgotten , that this movie precedes Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy by five years and should be credited for creating an ultra-realistic superhero movie for the first time in cinema's history.It also should be mentioned, that films director M. Night Shyamalan has done a brilliant job by effectively combining a gritty realistic story with more comic book like fantasy/superhero plot elements and creating unique deconstruction of superhero genre. One more interesting fact is that although every other superhero movie is heavy on action, there is almost no physical action until the very end of the film, as the film is presented as a psychological mystery thriller and not an action film. It provides a fresh change from other movies of the same type who are relying heavily on special effects but the plot and the character remains forgotten. All in all , this film is highly recommended for those who think, that Christopher Nolan is the only director , who is capable of creating grounded and realistic superhero story.