Movie Night 93: Unbreakable

     Movie Night #93:  Unbreakable (2000)
     Director:  M. Night Shyamalan
     Cast:  Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Robin Wright Penn
     Plot:  David Dunn (Willis) is separated from his wife (Penn), looking for a security job in New York City, when his train derails.  He is the only survivor of the crash, and he doesn’t even have a scratch on him.  David starts to question his life up to this point: Has he ever even been sick?  Has he ever been hurt? Can he even be hurt?

Upon hearing this miracluous survival story, Elijah Price (Jackson) invites Dunn to his art studio where he reveals his life long quest to find someone the opposite of himself.  While David Dunn possibly cannot be hurt, Elijah Price can be hurt very easily – in fact, he’s always carried the nick name Mr. Glass.  Elijah believes that people like himself and Dunn have existed throughout history, and have had their stories told through exaggerated forms – mostly through comic books.  So the question becomes, are there really super heroes in the world…and if so, could there not also be super villains?

Despite the fans of Sixth Sense panning this movie up the wazoo, I think it’s one of Night’s best flicks to date.  Granted, it’s only the first 2 acts of what would typically be a 3-act story, I like that the movie focuses more on character and the mystery than it does on any twists, gimmicks, or revelations.  And the characters are interesting, and the movie does have a great build up for what would have been a fantastic third act – which is what probably left movie goers a little disappointed.  The movie’s just so good that they wanted more. 

Probably the best superhero movie made, in my opinion.  See it!