Boring. But it has its good points.

Rating: 6/10 (21 August 2001)

"Unbreakable" is somewhat hard to review. It's not a good movie, but it has qualities that are undeniably appealing.
The premise of the movie, which is apparent within maybe the first fifteen minutes or so, is completely ridiculous. I have to admit though that it "worked", and I stopped snickering before the movie really took off.
Actually, the movie never takes off. There's a long, boring build up to a climax that disappoints. At the end, you realize that "Unbreakable" was just setting the scene for "Unbreakable 2".
Regardless of its faults though, "Unbreakable" does have its moments. It is just awesome visually. Also, it's unpredictable on a very basic level; you genuinely don't know what is going to happen next (or if you do know what's going to happen, you don't know HOW it's going to happen).
So... it's a mixed bag, I guess. There are interesting moments to it, but I can't really recommend the movie.