A Realistic Superhero Unveiled

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2019)

15 July 2006. Instead of Spider-Man (2002) or any of the superhero comicbook versions adapted to the screen, Unbreakable takes its premise from the very nature of the darker, more humanistic components of comic books. In a much more human relational and path of human psychology, Shyamalan puts to good use music, photographic technique that provides a compelling look at a more suprahuman exploration of good and evil. In retrospect, Shyamalan taps into a richer vein of thriller and a deeper quality of the nature of good and evil. He avoids the stereotypical action, in slowly unwraps in various levels the mysterious of sacrifice, father-son relationships, and an immense substance contained in this movie. What originally hampered this movie was Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999) that skewed the expectations of this movie. Taken on its own merits, Unbreakable is different but resonant. While the many components could have been touched up a tiny bit' a few scenes edited for clarity, and perhaps focusing on fewer characters for a more in-depth experience, the number of powerful scenes especially with the son are memorable. The suggestive nature of Shyamalan's technique is a credit to his allowance for the audience to assume more the task of explanation and experience of the movie for themselves. (second viewing) Eight out of Ten Stars.