Unbreakable
M. Night Shyamalan's follow-up to the wildly successful The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable also stars Bruce Willis. Robin Wright Penn and Samuel L. Jackson join Willis in what I found to be a film every bit as enjoyable as The Sixth Sense.
The plot: David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is an unfulfilled man in an unhappy marriage to Robin Wright-Penn, until the day he meets Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson). One day on his way to a job interview interstate, David is involved in a horrific train wreck - all the other passengers on the train are killed, but he walks away without a scratch.
Elijah, a man born with extremely brittle bones and taunted as 'Mr. Glass' by other children when he was growing up, then presents David with an interesting idea - that he, David, is unbreakable to the same degree that Elijah is fragile.
Initially wary of Elijah's motives, David begins to believe him, using his superhero powers to detect and foil a home invasion, saving the lives of 2 children. It is then that David sees the truth behind Elijah's quest to find him. Herein lies the twist.
In Summary: Shyamalan did well with this film, building strong characters and a decent plot. Bruce Willis was again excellent in the lead role and Samuel L. Jackson was strong as Elijah Prince, keeping us from seeing the obvious and returning our focus to David Dunn's identity. Robin Wright Penn was uninspiring as a rather sullen wife, Audrey Dunn, but her role was thin.
Unbreakable surprised me in the same way the The Sixth Sense did - the twist was genuinely staring me in the face but I didn't see it coming.
The Casablanca comparison: Bogart's Rick is like Willis's David Dunn, a man who has gone through his life, protecting people and getting through it ostensibly without a scratch. He even loses his love, only to get her back in a spiritual sense at least, in the end. To cap it off, Rick, just like Dunn, needs evil to show him just how much of a hero he can be.
The Rating: 8 out of 10 for plot, acting and directing. This film got me almost as much as The Sixth Sense, and that's a good thing. Willis is very good at the broody characters who become heros by action and intent. Jackson also plays a great archenemy - I loved the hairstyle.
The plot: David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is an unfulfilled man in an unhappy marriage to Robin Wright-Penn, until the day he meets Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson). One day on his way to a job interview interstate, David is involved in a horrific train wreck - all the other passengers on the train are killed, but he walks away without a scratch.
Elijah, a man born with extremely brittle bones and taunted as 'Mr. Glass' by other children when he was growing up, then presents David with an interesting idea - that he, David, is unbreakable to the same degree that Elijah is fragile.
Initially wary of Elijah's motives, David begins to believe him, using his superhero powers to detect and foil a home invasion, saving the lives of 2 children. It is then that David sees the truth behind Elijah's quest to find him. Herein lies the twist.
In Summary: Shyamalan did well with this film, building strong characters and a decent plot. Bruce Willis was again excellent in the lead role and Samuel L. Jackson was strong as Elijah Prince, keeping us from seeing the obvious and returning our focus to David Dunn's identity. Robin Wright Penn was uninspiring as a rather sullen wife, Audrey Dunn, but her role was thin.
Unbreakable surprised me in the same way the The Sixth Sense did - the twist was genuinely staring me in the face but I didn't see it coming.
The Casablanca comparison: Bogart's Rick is like Willis's David Dunn, a man who has gone through his life, protecting people and getting through it ostensibly without a scratch. He even loses his love, only to get her back in a spiritual sense at least, in the end. To cap it off, Rick, just like Dunn, needs evil to show him just how much of a hero he can be.
The Rating: 8 out of 10 for plot, acting and directing. This film got me almost as much as The Sixth Sense, and that's a good thing. Willis is very good at the broody characters who become heros by action and intent. Jackson also plays a great archenemy - I loved the hairstyle.
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