There was so much hype...

Rating: 1/10 (18 April 2001)

I can't believe how bad this movie turned out. I was hyped up so much after seeing The Sixth Sense that I quickly went to the theaters to watch this...This movie's ending was even worse too. Nothing near as good as The Sixth Sense. It's about a guy (Bruce Willis) that finds out he is a 'super hero' because he somehow JUST figured out he was invincible. Some crazy comic book fanatic (Samuel L. Jackson) thinks that since he is crippled with a disease that makes his bones fragile, there will be someone on the other side of the universe that is the exact opposite of him. So he thinks that if he is so crippled, someone out there must be invincible. That is when he discovers Bruce Willis' character. Plot sounds kinda stupid to me.
Another thing I hated about this movie is the camera work. There is hardly any 'moving' around. Some scenes (when Samuel L. Jackson is talking about a picture and what it depicts very strangely) last forever staring at a part of a room that you actually want to see more of. All you get to see is a reflection on a toaster or some other stupid thing (ex: the reflection on the comic book picture) for about 10 minutes. Basically each scene was like this.
My next complaint is that this movie didn't seem to have enough budget. When I watched the previews, I was hyped to see the starting scene with the train wreck. Instead, it simply flashes and he wakes up in a bed. BAH!!! How retarded. There are no other special effects whatsoever. I know all movies don't need special effects to make them any good, but this movie just sucked without them. What a waste of a movie that could've been so good. I won't ruin the plot, but they could've done a lot more to make the movie much cooler. Watch this movie if you want, but it's only worth a rental.