incredible

Rating: Null/10 (27 March 2001)

This was a surprisingly good movie. I didn't know what to expect when I went to see it, and I was genuinely surprised. Taut direction, top-notched writing, good use of symbolism, and first-rate performances in the leads by Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson make this one a must-see.
Willis survives a train wreck unscratched, and is soon being hounded by Jackson, who doesn't have a bone he hasn't broken due to a disease he is born with. The two soon become entangled with each other's lives, as Jackson connects them with comic books, with which he has an obsession.
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Willis turns out to be a real-life superhero, as he has never even been sick or injured in his life. Jackson, in an interesting plot twist, turns out to be his "arch-enemy" who has caused numerous catastrophes to test Willis. I liked this final twist, and should have made the connection sooner, as Jackson had been making the continuous comparisons. I thought this was truly memorable.
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All in all, not a bad film. I rank it among this year's best and guarantee you will like it too.
*** out of ****