Relies too much on the success of 6th Sense

Rating: 4/10 (5 November 2001)

I seem to be in the rather unique position of being one of the few people who hasn't seen 6th Sense. I found it odd that almost all reviews include 6th Sense and some people are mad cos it's too much like 6th Sense and some are mad that it isn't like 6th Sense. So instead of comparing this movie, I am going to review it for what it actually is, a movie in its own right.
Unbreakable managed to annoy me from the very opening shot. The way the characters were framed very narrowly through the gap in the seats got to be very tired very fast. I don't go to a cinema to watch 10% of the screen and I didn't buy a widescreen television to see 10% of that. This theme of narrowly framing the characters is carried through the whole movie and is somewhat overused.
To me the plot seems like it was taken from a short story, one that was then dragged out to an hour and a half. This movie would do much better as a 30 minute short as that is about the amount of content in it. The pace is slow and boring, the whole concept somewhat laughable, and Samuel Jackson is the only redeeming feature.
My opinion is totally unbiased, and it seems that this movie is riding far too much on the success of 6th Sense and it simply does not hold water on its own.