Not Shyamalan's Best, but Good Nonetheless

Rating: 8/10 (4 May 2016)

In my personal opinion, M. Night Shyamalan has made one great film (The Sixth Sense), a whole lot of bad films, (The Last Airbender, After Earth, etc.) and then a few imperfect but strong movies (Signs, for example). Unbreakable fits into the last of these categories. While it is not as good as The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable is an interesting movie that explores human nature and manages to be very entertaining.
One could call this a comic book movie, as its story does revolve heavily around comic book films, but even if you were to call it that, it is a very light film at best. By that, I mean that, compared to other comic book movies, it does not rely on action. And in most ways, this surprisingly works very well as a concept in the movie.
Bruce Willis does a great job in his role, and so does Samuel L. Jackson in his own respective role as well, but the development for these characters does at some times come off as a bit too forced, meaning they pushed the boundaries every once in a while to try and tell backstory for Willis's and Jackson's characters. It is a minor issue, but it is somewhat relevant to the story, so it needed to be mentioned.
Shyamalan is known for having a twist ending at the end of most of his movies, and there is one here, but it is not as powerful a twist as one would expect after watching The Sixth Sense's fantastic twist. Of course, there didn't really need to be a twist at all in this movie, considering how light it is, and that the plot never really called for one. Nevertheless, the twist is pretty well-handled and serves as an overall satisfying conclusion to the movie,
Unbreakable is an enjoyable, original film that is definitely worth a watch for fans of the thriller genre, despite not being as good as The Sixth Sense.
Rating: B+