I YEARNED for more from this film.

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2003)

What an excellent concept for a film. I have always believed that where so many comic-book films have failed is in their inability to recognize that all great superheroes are human. They have lives, parents, friends, lovers, flaws, jobs, and they even sit on the crapper occasionaly.
Perhaps this is why I so deeply appreciate this film, more so than Shamalan's previous effort, The Sixth Sense. Unbreakable examines an underexplored gold mine of dramatic goodies, and does so with deep and complex dialogue and plot development.
The major flaw of this film is that going into it, as with all Shamalan films, I was expecting a great surprise ending. Instead, I got one that, while very clever and equally dramatic, didn't have the impact that Sixth Sense's did.
This is countered, however, by the raw emotion of the ending, and the sense you get that the story has only just begun, done very much in the comic-book style fashion.
A great film, not without flaws, but worth at least one viewing, if only for the excellent performances and great dialogue. 8/10