A subversive superhero film made FAR before its time.

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2017)

When I first watched this film as a child, I thought it was a boring, slow romp with little resolution. It was short, with hardly any action, and the action it did have had basically zero choreography and style to it.
This was a superhero movie made in 2000, the same year the first X- Men movie came out, two years before the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man film, and a massive eight years before the Dark Knight. When Unbreakable was first released, superheroes were still seen as a childish affair, as the world was recovering from Batman and Robin and other badly made, low budget childish comic movies. Unbreakable was a massive shift from the norm, a piece that could be set in the real world.
Rewatching it now, this film is an incredible piece that would have been far better received and successful if it were released closer to the present. An emotional film about a man slowly discovering he isn't as normal as he lets on, and an obsessed comic-book nerd who leads him to that truth.
The pacing is still incredibly slow for a superhero flick, which may be jarring for some people who come into it expecting such a film. However, if they come in with zero expectation, or expecting a traditional thriller-type movie, they might be pleasantly surprised.
If you haven't seen this film yet, I highly recommend it. It was made before director M. Night Shyamalan's fall from critical grace, so you can expect a tight, well written and relatively subtle film with great performances.