HIya everyone I finally got to watch the movie and now I am here to give you a review on it!
Review: Unbreakable
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
This movie is about a security guard named David Dunn (played by Bruce Willis) who is coming home from work when suddenly the train he is on gets derailed, the train crashes, and he becomes the sole survivor, out of 132 people. He doesn't even have on scratch on him soon he is contacted by this comic book store owner named Elijah Price (played by Samuel L. Jackson) whose bones are easily breakable, who claims David is a superhero.
I looked at a lot of reviews about this movie and I noticed how a lot of people said it was "dull" or "awful" which surprised me because this movie wasn't all that bad really. I believe that M. Night Shyamalan did a good job with this movie it kept you wondering is David Dunn a superhero? I mean he could've very well been one especially when he finds out something extraordinary about himself after his devastating accident.
But it makes sense because Unbreakable is one of those films where it gets extreme reactions to both ends of the spectrum, either people love it or hate it.
Given Elijah's state of mind and life, it is reasonable to understand his motives for wanting to find someone like David. That he used such reprehensible methods for doing so makes the ending very much shocking.
David's first adventure as a superhero was magnificently done. He walks into a train station, bustling with people, and lets his instincts take over. Just by touching people, he can see what terrible things they've done for example, shoplifting, race violence, and date rape. But when he brushes against a man who had committed cold-blooded murder, he leaps into action by following the man to a house he has taken over- both parents are sadly dead but the two children are still alive. The confrontation is also very well done. No words are spoken no flurry blows or martial art moves; simply one man taking down another man in a way that any of us might do in a similar circumstance.
Most moviegoers are easily bored they are addicted to quick fix, where something dramatic or exciting has to happen every five minutes or they lose interest. This is why Unbreakable has elicited such negative praise from critics but in my opinion I loved how M.Night refuses to rush a story he lets his characters grow and develop at their own pace. Bruce Willis character David for example gradual transformation was beautifully done to watch, a testament to Bruce's incredible talent. The aura of sadness that he projects through the movie is tangible, and it's only through the teachings (or manipulations) of Samuel L. Jackson's character Elijah Price that Bruce's character David is he able to realize his full potential, to understand his place in the world, and connect with his son in a way he never could before.
Elijah Price : "They called me Mr. Glass."
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