A slow build up, but interesting premise

Rating: 7/10 (31 March 2017)

Unbreakable truly tests your attention span as a viewer. Even though it's plot is interesting and unpredictable towards the end, the build-up towards that twist is very slow. All of the actors do a phenomenal jobs as their characters; Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson both play their roles perfectly. The characters are odd, yet believable. The only actors who fell short was Bruce's wife. She isn't in the movie for too long, but even when she is on screen, she comes across as kind of lifeless and boring. Acting aside, the plot itself is very interesting. Essentially, the story is about a man who survives a horrific tragedy and slowly comes to realize what amazing power he's been granted. Even though this premise is in no way fresh, the presentation is what sells it for me. Bruce's character truly comes across as someone who doesn't understand what is happening to them, which is realistic since that's how almost all of us would react if we found our we had powers. Nonetheless, Unbreakable is a solid film, if you can get past the opening 45 minutes.