Review of Unbreakable (2000) by Paul J — 17 Jul 2015

"Do you know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world, to not know why you're here. That's - that's just an awful feeling.".

Unbreakable is a really cool movie and a great follow up of The Sixth Sense from M. Night Shyamalan. It's a superhero movie in the real world, not some alternate reality, but true reality. Where we think that there's always an explanation and that there are things that are physically impossible. There's laws of nature and when those laws of nature fail us, we rationalize.

Unbreakable follows two characters, one Elijah Price aka Mr. Glass, who was born with a disorder that leave his bones fragile. He owns a comic book store and has spent countless hours reading comics because he always had broken bones and what was all he could do. The other is David Dunn, a security guard, who miraculously survives a train crash, in which, he is the only survivor. It's Shyamalan, so there's twists.

I can see why some wouldn't like this, if the style disengages them from the story. The style is much like The Sixth Sense and Signs. The characters are pretty flat for the most part, especially David. He talks in a monotone, half whisper voice- with his eyes looking down and it seems like he has no emotions. All the performances are understated, possibly because real life is understated for the most part. Who knows? Unbreakable isn't without minor faults, but overall this is a great movie.