this *was not* The Sixth Sense

Rating: Null/10 (10 December 2000)

The biggest obstacle this movie had to face was this it wasn't The Sixth Sense, yet it was written and directed by the same man.
This means, if you liked The Sixth Sense, you will be expecting Unbreakable to be as good or better than Shaymalan's first film (or, if you hated the first one, you will expect this one to suck or *possibly* get better, but you might just not see it at all)...which is all fine and good, but this is a totally different movie and can't really fairly be compared to The Sixth Sense.
I really wanted to hate this movie b/c it was slow, poorly acted (despite the presence of Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson), and depressingly predictable. Duh, we all knew there was a twist in the end (thanks to The Sixth Sense)....could it have been a bit edgier, please!? The premise was good, though....and needed to be better developed.
The major problem was that Shaymalan was riding the wave of success that The Sixth Sense created for him and he didn't try hard enough with this movie. I truly think he is capable of and will offer us better in the future. The question is: will anyone go to see it when he does?