Haunting disillusionment

Rating: Null/10 (29 April 2004)

UNBREAKABLE (2000) **1/2 Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Penn Wright, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard, Eamonn Walker. Surprisingly disappointing follow up from 'The Sixth Sense' filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan in the same vein of haunting disillusionment that never the less achieves more than it should yet ultimately strains the viewers' expectations overall.
Willis is the sole survivor of a train wreck that causes him to question his direct being while his marriage is on the rocks and mysterious stranger Jackson (both leads excellent in their thrust and parry interchanges), a selective art/comic book dealer who is the yin to Willis' yang as a brittle (literally) seeker of unanswered queries he poses to Willis. Atmospheric, yes, but the twist ending just jerks the audience out of their suspensions of belief that is a real cheat out of 'Dragnet' of all things! Nice try, but no cigar.