The dichotomy of good and evil, and the unlikely villain

Rating: 10/10 (17 July 2001)

I was pleasantly surprised by the messages in this movie. In other reviews I have read, the tiresome comparison to super-hero comic books overshadows a great bit of social symbolism that is way beyond what we can get from a comic book.
This movie illustrates similarities at opposite ends of the bell curve, the mutual exclusiveness of good and evil, and the imperfect hero.
A piece of character development people seem to be missing in this movie is that David Dunn (Willis) was really a victim of a selfish wife (Robin Wright) who stole all of his potential from him. Her character reminds me of her portrayal of "Jenny" in Forrest Gump. She did a very fine a job at getting me not to like her character in both cases. In Unbreakable, she is as much of a villain as the "real" one.
I think that the ending, contrary to other opinions here, was absolutely perfect. We are going to see two more of these movies, so the ending of this one is not really an ending at all, but a way to tell us who the good guys and bad guys really are.
I am wondering who the cerebral villain will be in the 2nd movie.
Rating: 10