Unbreakable

Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller

Bruce Willis	David Dunn
Samuel L. Jackson	Elijah Price
Robin Wright Penn	Audrey Dunn
Spencer Treat Clark	Joseph Dunn
Charlayne Woodard	Elijah's Mother
Eamonn Walker	Dr. Mathison
Leslie Stefanson	Kelly
Johnny Hiram Jamison	Elijah (13)
James Handy	Priest
David Duffield	David Dunn (20)
Michaelia Carroll	Babysitter
Bostin Christopher	Comic Book Clerk

Director	M. Night Shyamalan
Producer	Barry Mendel; Sam Mercer; Gary Barber; Roger Birnbaum
Writer	M. Night Shyamalan
Cinematography	Eduardo Serra
Musician	James Newton Howard
User Credit 1	Dylan Tichenor
User Credit 2	Joanna Johnston

David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is coming back from New York when his train gets derailed. Dunn is the only survivor of the accident from more that a hundred people. However, more surprising is that he does not even have a scratch on his body. He is contacted by Elijah Price (Samuel Jackson) who tells him an unbelievable story. Elijah is a big comic fan and tells David that he (David) may be a superhero, one like in the comics. Elijah has a genetic disorder which makes his bones break very easily while David has huge physical and mental strength thus making both of them opposite ends of a string. David does not believe him, but runs a check on his own history nevertheless. He finds out that he can lift any amount of weight, has never taken a sick leave or visited a doctor. There are other events which seem to conform to Elijah's theory and he ultimately finds out what all things Elijah has done to trace him.

When Unbreakable was released, Bruce Willis confirmed that the film was the first in a proposed trilogy. Viewed in that context, this is a tantalizing and audaciously low-key thriller, with a plot that twists in several intriguing and unexpected directions. Standing alone, however, this somber, deliberately paced film requires patient leaps of faith--not altogether surprising, since this is writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's daring follow-up to The Sixth Sense. While just as assured as that earlier, phenomenal hit, Unbreakable is the work of a filmmaker whose skill exceeds his maturity, its confident style serving a story that borders on juvenile. However, Shyamalan's basic premise--that comic books are the primary conduit of modern mythology--is handled with substantial relevance.

Willis plays a Philadelphia security guard whose marriage is on the verge of failing when he becomes the sole, unscathed survivor of a devastating train wreck. When prompted by a mysterious, brittle-boned connoisseur of comic books (Samuel L. Jackson), he realizes that he's been free of illness and injury his entire life, lending credence to Jackson's theory that superheroes--and villains--exist in reality, and that Willis himself possesses extraordinary powers. Shyamalan presents these revelations with matter-of-fact gravity, and he draws performances (including those of Robin Wright Penn and Spencer Treat Clark, as Willis's wife and son) that are uniformly superb. The film's climactic revelation may strike some as ultimately silly and trivial, but if you're on Shyamalan's wavelength, the entire film will assume a greater degree of success and achievement. --Jeff Shannon

Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson star in a mind-shattering, suspense-filled thriller that stays with you long after the end of this riveting supernatural film. After David Dunn (Willis) emerges from a horrific train crash as the sole survivor -- and without a single scratch on him -- he meets a mysterious sranger (Jackson). An unsettling stranger who believes comic book heroes walk the earth. A haunting stranger, whose obsession with David will change David's life forever.