One never tires of watching a real classic...

Rating: Null/10 (9 January 2001)

Watch-able but disproportioned movie yet again relying on an inevitable twist. Unbreakable is enjoyable, annoying and a little frustrating. On exiting the cinema I began to think of the director as little more than a small kid with big ideas. These ideas are good, but like most children he wanted to have the biggest pie in the picnic; therefore ruining what could have been the perfect movie experience. Fundamentally, it's all there; it's just the piecing of the puzzle that left room for improvement. The long, often pointless scenes of mystery leading to story turning points could have worked just as well, in fact better  if considerably cut. Trying to be too clever often backfire's and in my eyes, this movie did just that, for any cinema fanatic would have felt as though the twist(s) were too weak to merit their immense build up. Shorter scenes should have been lengthened and most importantly, vice versa. Letting another steer the production wheel or by giving the script the vital reduction it needed could have made the watching of Unbreakable far more enjoyable. Like The Sixth Sense, it is a film which can be watched with real satisfaction only once. Samuel L Jackson's character seemed smart and worthwhile until one realises he is nothing but a deranged idiot. Bruce Willis walked around as though he was being controlled by Jim Henson's creature workshop. File under watch once, discuss and forget'.