The movie is not what it is about.

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 2001)

Maybe because I didn't want to spoil it before actually seeing the film, I went to the cinema with no preconceived ideas about it. Three quarters of the movie went by and I hardly noticed them passing, it was so interesting, so mind gripping that I could never guess what would happen next. Almost near the end, when Willis' character reveals his `powers', I began to feel that the story would turn into a silly comic-book-like plot. And when Jackson's character reveals himself, (a so clever twist that I even couldn't get it at first), I still got a feeling that the story had gone a little too dumb. So, the movie ended, I left the cinema, went to the parking lot, started the motor.... And then it struck me! The story is NOT what it seems to be about! The movie is NOT about David Dunn having supernatural powers that make him Unbreakable. The movie is NOT the good vs. evil tale, the superhero vs. the villain, the comic book plot. I wouldn't want to turn this comment into a spoiler, so I won't tell what is it about, but if you are intelligent enough, you will see the hidden story behind the tale. Clue: Jackson's character's psyche.
Mr. Shyamalan does it again. It's amazing how he plays with your mind letting you see something and hiding the trick under the sleeve all the time, just as a magician. Like Sixth Sense, (which was not and never intended to be a horror movie, it was an outstanding psychological thriller); Unbreakable leads you towards a seemingly simple storyline and suddenly twist you around to an entirely different path so fast that you get dizzy and it takes you some time to figure out what happened. As a director, he proves again the quality he is made of. Of course, his movies are not for the average audience (in spite of the commercial success of the last two), because you need to see beyond the images in the screen to actually get the story. Most people don't (or perhaps can't?) do that, so they are disappointed at how the movie turns in the end. Well, Charlie's Angels and MI2 are the kind of movies made for Most People.
Other attributes of the movie itself do not fall behind. Performances are topmost. Willis will not continue being overlooked as an outstanding actor much longer, unless everyone in Hollywood is stupidly blind (or blindly stupid). Jackson is brilliant; he keeps his character mysterious, intriguing and yet plainly visible all the same time. Even Spence Clark (Shyamalan has a way with kids, no doubt) injects a special (and key) element to the movie trough an outstanding performance.
I'm looking forward for the next work from Shyamalan. My compliments.