Sloppy finish makes film a train wreck

Rating: Null/10 (24 November 2000)

As a movie enthusiast and a film student, I was very excited to see M. Night's new masterpiece, Unbreakable. It is possible that my expectations were too high, but speaking for myself and the majority of the attendees in the theater, there was a sense of disappointment looming around us as we left. I overheard a lot of `What the hell was that?' and `maybe we should have seen the Grinch.' Although the story was inconclusive and seemingly thrown together poorly at the end, M. Night does deliver some powerful visuals and original directing styles. The acting, of course, is superb! With Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis at then helm, they single handedly saved this film. Sadly, the characters were so overdeveloped in the first hour and a half of the film, there was no time left to do anything interesting with them. I felt the characters and audience had both been cheated by a mediocre, forced ending to what could have been a great movie.
I have a feeling it is going to be one of those `love it' or `hate it' films, so my suggestion is to try it out for yourself and see where you end up.