Unbreakable is .. unforgettable

Rating: 10/10 (5 November 2013)

Astonishing that anyone would give this less than a 10! In 2000 Hollywood was not completely sure what to make of M. Night Shyamalan so they threw a lot of cash at him and stood back to see what would happen? (They tried the same strategy with AIRBENDER and got a very different result). In this case, the slot machine cranked out coins. Not only a great film but possibly one of the top 100 of all time. The story is iconic, action-packed, mysterious, subtle, interwoven, symbolic -- basically he hit every base but romantic comedy. That, deep within the workings of the script, there was a hint, a soupÃ§on, that comics (er, graphic novels, sorry, my bad) might have a grain of truth, merely added another few million viewers to the already-long lineups, as one fanboy told another told another. Moves along brilliantly, both engages and challenges the viewer. Willis is great (as always -- WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF CASTING A MIDDLE AGED BALD GUY IN THIS ROLE? WOW!) and M. Night even managed a good performance from Samuel L. Jackson, an actor so overexposed, and so "one note," that if you look closely at your cousin's wedding photos, you will see he played the bartender. This is what movie-making is all about.