Deep Movie disguised as a fantasy

Rating: 9/10 (26 November 2000)

Okay, first of all let me say I was surprised when I saw both end of the spectrum reviews for this movie. Either you loved it or you hated it, there's no middle ground, apparently. Either you've written it off as a take off on his own Sixth Sense for Shamayalan or you're convinced he made a star vehicle with a twist ending and a fantastical view on "superheroes".
Bruce Willis plays a former football star security guard who is distant from his wife (The amazing but underused Robin Wright Penn) and his kid (that kid from something u've seen, but no it's Not Haley Joel and besides the GUn scene which is more writing than acting, this kid aint close either). When he is the only one to survive a tragic train crash, he is approached by a comic book art dealer named Elijah (Samuel L Jackson) or Mr Glass growing up because of his disorder which makes his bones brittle and easily broken.
The movie is out there. It's not Sixth Sense but it doesn't try to be. It does have a theme of "extraordianry" humans helping otehrs as Sixth Sense did, but no one is dead and beyond that the and Willis *and Night* the similarities end there. The movie paces slowly in the beginning and then ends rapidly, with title cards giving away the final aspects. This wasn't a documentary, that wasn't necessary. The ending, while a cool twist that adds more depth to the film, feels rushed and forced as if Night said "hey awesome set up, oh no, where do I go now"?
But I liked it. It entertained me and I thought Willis gave an Oscar Worthy understated performance to Jackson's more over the top approach to his. This film is not a horror/shock film like Sense, this is strictly fantasy in a...realistic comic book way. It's like a 3 star movie that cleans up cause of its acting chops.