Unbreakable? Unbelievable!

Rating: Null/10 (5 December 2000)

I was deeply disappointed by this film. After the wonderful "The Sixth Sense," I expected great things from Shyamalan's second effort. Yes, the cinematography, atmosphere, and acting were exceptional, but the story and the film hardly deserved the effort. Shyamalan takes all that was successful from "The Sixth Sense" and repeats the formula: Bruce Willis, Philadelphia, a talented young child actor, a wife with little to do, lots of supernatural atmosphere, and a "surprise" ending. But this time the formula failed and nothing surprised me. I kept waiting for something to happen on screen that deserved the mood and the build-up, but I waited in vain. Admittedly, there were some very interesting moments, but overall I felt like the movie was simply a self-important piece of fluff, that left me at the end saying, "huh??"