Gripping, but ultimately not satisfying

Rating: 5/10 (23 November 2000)

For a while, "Unbreakable" seems to be a worthy successor to "The Sixth Sense": It is thrilling to follow the development of Bruce Willis's character - and although the slow pacing starts to give the film a feeling of self-importance, I was looking forward to the climax of the story. But the last reel is a turn-off - as is the twist ending. SPOILER ALERT Whereas "The Sixth Sense" got a whole new dimension with the revelation of Willis's death WITHOUT destroying anything that had happened before, the supposedly dramatic ending of "Unbreakable" just felt banal.