 | Unbreakable Thea Desrochers - Monday, November 27, 2000
Title of Movie: Unbreakable
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Stars: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark
MPAA Rating: PG 13 (Violence, Sexual Content)
Date of Release: November 22, 2000
Reviewed by: Thea Desrochers
Our Rating: * * *
Run time: 1 hr. 47 min.
Willis plays a man aimlessly drifting through life. He is on the verge of leaving his wife (Robin Wright Penn) and young son (Spencer Treat Clark) in Philadelphia for a better-paying job in New York. But he will do so with a singular lack of enthusiasm.
Boarding a return train from his job interview, the train derails, killing all on board except him. He doesn't even have a scratch.
He is then approached by Samuel L. Jackson, who asks him one startling question: Has he ever been sick? Neither Willis nor his wife can recall a single sick day in his life.
Jackson, who runs a store specializing in comic books for serious collectors, is a man who has never known a well day in his life. Born with a debilitating disease that leaves bones so brittle they break with ease, he is called Mr. Glass by some.
Jackson gradually raises the possibility that Willis might be one of those people in the world "put here to protect us, and he doesn't know it." The person Jackson truly convinces, though, is not Willis but his admiring son.
The movie incorporates the same cinematography and plot twists as its cousin, The Sixth Sense. The mood of the movie is dark and somewhat dismal. Not a cheery holiday choice. | |