A slumber like no other...

Rating: 1/10 (27 December 2000)

Unbreakable is a pointless waste of effort. The majority of the movie was spent establishing that Bruce Willis a.k.a. David Dunn is an unbreakable hero! (Surprise, surprise, the title and film poster don't give this away - really they don't). In this pathetically slow drudge through boredom, we are also led to believe that heroes with boundless powers and superfluous villains actually exist merely because the people of this entrapped world have "lost hope and must be given some".
Furthermore, sub plots pertaining to David Dunn's capricious behavior, marital issues and son's predictable manner only add to the already burgeoning story line in the form of unwanted and wasteful noise. The film's one and only high point - if considered high only because the film in its entirety is a low, is in its ending where those unfamiliar with sixth sense and easily entertained may find a trace of amusement.
In a little more than one word (fit for a film a little longer than a hundred very long minutes), a brilliant tale of heroes and villains with less imagination than an autobiography written by Fabio and a little more action than you might expect from a Jane Austin film.