Most would call it unWAKEable...

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2000)

After seeing M. Night Shyamalan's masterpiece "The Sixth Sense", I could hardly wait to see UNBREAKABLE. Unfortunately, lightning did not strike twice in this case.
Bruce Willis (David Dunn) and Samuel L. Jackson (Elijah Price) are stellar actors, but the pacing in UNBREAKABLE makes them look stiff, and quite frankly, bored in their roles. Most of the dialog between Willis and Spencer Treat Clark (Joseph Dunn) is too wooden to be taken seriously [A shame, since Clark shows extreme promise as a young actor]., and Robin Wright Penn (Audrey Dunn) seems to be suppressing her talents. On a positive note, UNBREAKABLE does have a unique storyline and the ending is definitely not what everyone expects. There is no doubt that M. Night Shyamalan did his homework researching for this movie. There are several "in" jokes that only comic book readers will understand, and we do find out why David Dunn is UNBREAKABLE. But is it worth the wait? The film takes too long to capture the interest of the average moviegoer, and by the time the ending rolls around, no one really notices. It's been said that the third time's the charm. Let's hope this is true for M. Night Shyamalan's future works.