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Summary: Interesting concept -- disturbing
Review: First off, pay attention to the rating for this movie -- most *definitely* do not allow anyone under 13 to see this movie. It has some *extremely* disturbing content, extremely. Now that said, I'll get on with my review. This is another one of those movies you can't say a whole lot about or you'll ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. I can say however, the main character, played by Bruce Willis, is unbreakable, someone who lives through many disasters in his life without getting hurt. At the beginning of this movie he is in one of the greatest train disasters of all time where everyone else dies, yet he survives without getting so much as a scratch. It turns out he is also a little psychic as well -- you get that idea from the beginning of the movie but it's explored in more depth further into the movie -- those psychic skills lead him into some amazing adventures in this movie. The other leading actor, Samuel L. Jackson, is a comic book collector who marvels in superhero qualities of the heroes in those comics. He contacts Bruce Willis on the basis of his surviving this disaster without a scratch. His character is the direct opposite of unbreakable -- beginning in childbirth his bones break during birth and his life is plagued by injuries in situations where others might not even get hurt. He is the breakable one. Samuel L. Jackson's character pushes Bruce Willis's character to accept his amazing abilities, both psychic and physical. That's when all the adventure begins. There are plot twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Though the ending was a little disappointing, the movie was enjoyable as a whole. Rent this one though, don't buy it unless you've seen it and you love it. I saw it in the theater, and once was enough for me.
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Summary: Greatest Hero story of all time
Review: You know, the thing that truly shocks me is that after decades of some of the greatest Comic writers of our times. A Movie like Unbreakable comes along and throws them out to sea. This is quite possibly the greatest SuperHero story ever written. It's a very modern story with a very realistic twist. But ultimately it comes down to good and evil...you just don't know it until you get to the end. And then all of a sudden....POP, you feel like you've just been violated. Like your personal bubble has burst and that you just let someone get in and shock you. I felt like I'd been... when I left the theatre. I felt like I left my gaurd down and that someone just got through to me in a way I didn't expect. This is what Shyamalan does with Unbreakable. True genius just like The 6th Sense. A must see movie!
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Summary: Only Comic Book fans would probably appreciate this film...
Review: I feel that Shyamalan, a big comic book fan himself created this movie simply for all us other comic book fans. Anyone else probably will not enjoy this film much at all. The whole story itself seems like it came from a comic book. But to mention nearly any key plot points from the film would most likely spoil it for everyone who hasn't seen it already. To call this film a super-hero movie may even give too much away. What I can say is that Shyamalan's style is simply amazing, the film direction was genius and he seemed to give the film more atmosphere than most other films these days. One of my favorite scenes is when Bruce Willis visits the shopping mall and discovers his secret for the first time. You do have to have patience with this film, but I seem to have had to do that with the Sixth Sense as well. I understand a lot of people giving the film bad reviews because as I pointed out earlier, it's not for everyone.
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Summary: This movie gave me hope!
Review: I'm not going to write a long review. The other reviewers on this page did a great job of describing this movie. I'm just going to talk about my opinion. This is the kind of movie that really makes you want to believe that there is some kind of good in all of us. It's about an ordinary man, just like you or me, who finds himself in a position to be a hero. To really help people. The thing is, this movie teaches you that you don't need superpowers to be a hero. All you need is courage. Courage and a true desire to help others. This movie reminds us that there are heros all around us. All we need to do is look. More importantly, this movie reminds us that each and every one of us can be a hero. All we need to do is care! I hope you do buy this movie. It's a great story about courage and humanity, and how anyone can make a difference! -Hinge
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Summary: Great movie, but not for everyone
Review: I saw this movie the very first day it debuted. I was excited since I thought that this was going to be another movie like The Sixth Sense but after the movie I realized I had been misled.
Remembering the publicity for this film, it mostly consisted of promoting it as "the next movie by the director of the Sixth Sense". Thus most expected a supernatural spooky thriller, but it is an entirely different thing. This movie should have been promoted as a superhero movie, so that people should have expected all the comic book talk, and the good vs evil theme.
In my opinion this was a great movie because of its twists and turns, the way it was presented, etc. It is still a somewhat slow movie which would've have benefited of more action like more testing of Bruce Willis character's superpowers, and less talk about comic books and such.
This is a movie that people will either love or hate, but it is all up to each one of us to judge it based on the content of the movie and not on the hype or silly talk in it.
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Summary: I was intriged from the first flash!
Review: Bruce Willis plays a very normal person, who turns out to to be a true hero. The way he acts has always intriged me... but this must be his best til now. And of course Mr. Jackson plays his roles ever so eloquently. The movie intriged me from the first flash... in the train... I knew nothing of the movie before I went to see it... just that Jackson and Willis played in it together. I like to be surprised... I like to NOT listen or read to others' comment, but totally form my own opinion. And this movie is one of those that I am glad I did not know anything about. To me, the story is a very original one... a never seen before story (by me, that is). The hero/villain concept has been emphasized ever so nicely. Very good... a 5 star for my first review
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Summary: Lousy and manipulative!
Review: For those who thought this movie had any inclination of brilliance, stop right there! I too went into this movie with a subtle hope that what I was about to watch was something brilliant and effective. I was dead wrong and so was the audience that shared this piece of rotted humus! Right from the beginning you are introduced to a mediocre character played by Bruce Willis who in my opinion plays one of the most bland and boring characters ever to require even a second of attention. You then learn he has discovered something superhuman about himself, he's survived a train crash with him being the sole survivor! Now, in real life, wouldn't that constitute a major investigation? I mean, c'mon, this movie just plays to morons! The rest of the film takes you through a series of melancholy self-discoveries of two characters that somehow balance each other based on their abilities to defy all odds of probability. One being superhuman in physicality (Bruce Willis) and one being superhuman in mastermindness (Sam Jackson). Both are equally powerful but this movie simply lacks EXCITEMENT! By the time you realize what is REALLY going, the story loses you. The ending graces you with a lame after-thought, showing commentary of both characters' success and demise. I was simply frustrated with all of this and I really think people need to understand what this movie is really trying to sell-HOLLYWOOD MANIPULATION AT IT'S FINEST. Steer clear of this one and stick with "The Sixth Sense."
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Summary: The best kind of movie magic
Review: Unbreakable is the kind of movie that makes you think. Think about your own potential. Bruce Willis is wonderful as the reluctant hero who finds no way out of his destiny. M. Night Shyamalan proves that the 6th Sense was not a fluke. But don't watch it expecting it to be the same movie.
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Summary: Unfeasible
Review: A literal hit and miss, "Unbreakable" is M. Night Shyamalan's cinematic blunder, a jigsaw puzzle with integral pieces missing from its obscure image. As can be expected, it suffers greatly at the hands of comparison to Shyamalan's Oscar-nominated masterpiece "The Sixth Sense". "Unbreakable" is filmed with the same swart and creepy ambience as its predecessor but hopelessly flounders from an indistinct plot and underdeveloped characters. Where as SS genuinely bolstered interest in the supernatural and managed to include a finale with some reasonable closure, this film is severely lacking of both. It struggles to clarify its chaotic concept and miserably fails. From the get-go, "Unbreakable" is a jumbled mess. It remains so in the fact that it bears no plausible connections to the numerous theories it proposes in its laboriously paced two-hour time frame. It strays far from its preliminary premise and sloppily interjects a scatterbrained theory from a comic book fanatic named Elijah Price, a man who has spent nearly his entire existence in the distilled milieu of hospitals. Elijah suffers from a rare genetic disorder, one that severely depletes his bone density - his limbs will literally shatter like glass from a misstep of any kind. In the search for his counterpart, the long-awaited news comes to him in the form of a tragic accident. Two railway trains collide and all save one perishes - the sole survivor is David Dunn (Willis), an assumed everyday man who is currently enduring a crumbling marriage with his wife of twelve years (Penn). He emerges from the horrific catastrophe unscathed, leaving his doctor and his family to ponder the miraculous outcome. Elijah is intrigued and contacts David, bringing to light his inconceivable immunity to bodily harm and insisting that there is an underlying reason for his divine existence. After this assumedly concrete plot is introduced, we are led to believe by not only the trailer but also the first half-hour itself that David's incredible circumstance is an existing phenomenon that begs to be defined. Instead, we are left in the impenetrable shadows of the movie's ethereal cinematography as the characters themselves scramble to make sense of what is going on. Because of Shyamalan's conflicting talents as a writer and a director, the plot bends left and right with indecisiveness. In this inconsistency, Shyamalan throws his audience to and fro and we are left with yet another surprise ending that, unlike SS, lends no ample plausibility or clarification to the rest of the film. Bruce Willis applies his near-a-whisper acting technique acquired from SS to the role of David Dunn, the man who is the moniker of this very movie. There is never any dramatic tension from this limp character until a specific point in the movie when a gun is pointed at him from the most unlikely of people. Robin Wright-Penn is wasted in this film as Dunn's eternally exhausted wife Audrey. Penn always appears as if she has just taken a heavy dose of Secenol, her sluggish approach to her character almost unbearable to witness. Samuel L. Jackson seems to be the only fire to these watery performances, but even his vehement candor is kept at a bare minimum by Shyamalan's lethargic style. When examining the performances this film begets, I warn you: be prepared for pure somnolence. There is not much more to comment on this film except that it is a far cry from what we know Shyamalan is truly capable of, and avid fans of SS will be extremely disappointed by the lack of artistry and attention to detail. "Unbreakable" is doomed from its very induction and will be broken down to the every flaw by many critics to come.
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Summary: Almost Brilliant..but...
Review: This film was about 30 seconds from being brilliant, until the end when the last frame froze and a caption appeared that almost completely cheapened the spirit and meaning of the film. I didn't think something that was seemingly minor would have such a effect on the film. They would be wise to remove it in the DVD version. Otherwise "Unbreakable" is dark, brooding, and amazing. It is a great first film in a trilogy, if there is to be one. Lets hope.
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