
Variety
The presence of pop culture refs via comics makes quite notable the absence of any humor or sense of fun, just as it makes its pretentions to deep meaning and self-importance all the more specious.
Full reviewM. Night Shyamalan's follow-up to his megahit The Sixth Sense. Bruce Willis is David Dunn, an ordinary man who makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead and him unscathed. Searching for answers, he starts to find them in the mysterious Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.
The presence of pop culture refs via comics makes quite notable the absence of any humor or sense of fun, just as it makes its pretentions to deep meaning and self-importance all the more specious.
Full reviewWhat Unbreakable shows is Mr. Shyamalan's remarkable growth as a director.
Full reviewEven if the ending doesn't entirely succeed, it doesn't cheat, and it comes at the end of an uncommonly absorbing movie.
Full reviewAn intriguing story executed with visual panache and fine acting performances.
Full reviewGreat performances, moments and ideas. If it doesn't provide the tidy ending that made The Sixth Sense a talking-point, that might not be a bad thing.
Full reviewUnbreakable (2000) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Apple TV and Disney+.
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