A waste of time.

Rating: 3/10 (25 November 2000)

I'm very sorry to report that Unbreakable is not what it seems to be. It seems to be a movie about a man who is, well, unbreakable... Bruce Willis's character, Dunne, appears to be some sort of superhero.
Like the other reviews, I'm afraid I can't give away much of the plot without giving away the film. I will say that the overall main plot is a fine idea, but the execution - particularly in the final third of the film - is a yawner. The director tries to surprise us as he did in The Sixth Sense, but comes up short.
Subplots, which are few and far between, are filled with characters you won't care about. Only Dunne's son turns in a fair performance, but that's only due to one scene. We don't get more than a glimpse into the other people: Dunne's wife, Price's mother, Dunne's son. That'd be fine if the concentration on Dunne was intense and interesting enough to sustain the film. It's not.
I can not overstate how very disappointed I was in this film's all-too-neat wrap up. It felt, honestly, like I was watching an hourlong TV show that had just 2 minutes left before the credits. As an added bonus, the overall point and theme of this movie is shrouded in mystery... which, again, would be fine if the film itself was gripping, moving, or soul-stirring. Too bad it's not.
There's no doubt that M. Night Shyamalan is blessed with talent. That talent comes off as an unexciting attempt at some sort of story, here. Maybe next time. I want my money back.
Rating: 1.5 stars (out of 5.)