Slightly busted

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 2003)

Not nearly as good as Sixth Sense, but better than a lot of people give it credit for. Anyone who says the film is slow has never seen a Godard film. It's dark & quiet, but now slow. Bruce Willis's performance may be too low key, but maybe it fits in with the atmosphere of dread/sadness hanging over the whole affair (well, see below).
The beginning is good and ending is not as bad as people claim (at least it's not a pat Hollywood ending). And yeah, some scenes are questionable (kid and the gun).
MY MAJOR COMPLAINT: And I've not heard or read anything about this. It is absolutely unbelievable that Bruce Willis didn't realize that he never got sick or had incredible strength or had a "6th sense" for picking out troublemakers in his security job. C'mon!! This obliviousness and his "Droopy Dog" expression sometimes makes him come off as a bit slow/stupid/clueless - not exactly the attributes of a superhero. The weightlifting scene, for example. He's looking at his son and asking him much much weight is on the bar - turn around and look, for god sakes! Kinda silly.