If it only had a brain.

Rating: 3/10 (11 December 2000)

You're asked to swallow a lot when you see "Unbreakable.
This is a vanity piece by a red-hot filmmaker that no studio was going to say boo to, no matter how nonsensical, trite or boring the final product ultimately would turn out.
Sure, there are some good intentions here. You know, like we need heroes, that kind of stuff. But, it's all done so dreadfully serious. Fancy, shmancy camerawork for little to no apparent reason. Bruce Willis delivering an even more comatose performance than in Sixth Sense, if that was possible. All to add to the solemn gravity of the spectacle.
Add in a number of ludicrously bad scenes. Among my favorites. The paint-can workout, training your child on gun safety, and comic book parallels to egyptian hieroglyphics. And what you end up with is a mish-mash of a film struggling to find its equilibrium and hoping that the generosity of the audience will forgive the amateurishness of the production.
The twist ending is painfully obvious, makes virtually no real sense, and only nails home how miscalculated this whole sorry enterprise is. A real stinker, overall.