Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson prove what a great team they make and M.Night Shymalan redeems himself

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2001)

I went into this movie being VERY VERY skeptical, because I was one of the few who HATED The Sixth Sense. I thought that movie was boring, predictable and just plain badly executed. While the actors did give great performances, the movie, I felt, didn't handle it's subject matter properly, and was paced too slowly. It gave me a poor outlook on any other of Shymalan's films.
With Unbreakable, Shymalan managed to erase that stigma, and prove that he can make a wonderful and compelling film. The handling of the subject matter in this film is just undeniably superb. There are no loose ends left lying around like Sixth Sense. This is the story of a normal guy who struggles to believe that he's a little more extraordinary then the rest of us. Halfway through the Sixth Sense, I'd figured the ending out and was ready to shut it off, with this movie, while I did figure the ending out fairly early, I still couldn't take my eyes from the screen, wanting to see EXACTLY WHY the characters did what they felt compelled to do. The film begins at a qick pace and just picks up speed along the way culminating in a wonderful and exciting (if not slightly predictable)climax.
Add to this the fact that Bruce Willis once again proves how underrated he is as a great and versatile actor. Samuel L. Jackson is, as always, simply amazing. The two who first teamed together on Die Hard With A Vengeance, proved that they did indeed make that film watchable time after time. Even if you're not a fan of this movie, watch it just once more to see how well these two play off of each other.
This film is a true masterpiece and is in my mind a modern classic, far superior to Sixth Sense in every way, and a much more emotionally powerful film as well. The struggles with in David Dunn himself and within his family are just amazingly intense, yet reassuring scenes. I can say proudly for the first time now that M. Night Shymalan has the potential to be one of the greatest storytellers of our time. I thank him for such a great and memorable story.