What the ???

Rating: 1/10 (25 September 2001)

I loved the Sixth Sense, and I was really looking forward to Unbreakable. Maybe that was why I hated it so much--my expectations were way too high. When the movie ended, I turned to the woman next to me and asked "What the heck was that all about?" Her response? "Beats me." The movie starts with an interesting premise: a man lives through a train wreck. He's the sole survivor, and he doesn't have a scratch on his body. In pops Samuel Jackson, who tells our hero that he, in fact, IS a "hero." He's like a comic book superhero, he's just never known it. Yep, you read correctly. He's a superhero. Then, our "hero" decides to dress in a trenchcoat and save a kidnapped girl. Huh? He tromps around, gets the living crap beaten out of him, but still beats the villain because, as the title suggests, he is literally unbreakable. The movie ends with another "twist" like the Sixth Sense, but this one is much less effective. Many people enjoyed this movie. I guess you either go with it or you don't once Bruce Willis realizes he's a modern day Superman. I, for one, certainly DID NOT.