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Having loved M. Night
Shymalan's first movie The Sixth Sense, which also stared Bruce Willis, I
had mixed feelings about a follow up that also stared Willis. Upon
finishing the movie, all of these feelings were washed aside and I was
able to sigh in relief. M. Night Shymalan and Willis had done it
again in Unbreakable. The story is like none that I have ever seen
before. It shows strong attention to detail like in The Sixth Sense,
a trademark style of Shymalan. In fact I am not even sure if I would
call this a horror movie. I rented it out of the suspense section of
my local video store, and I am not sure if it is entirely suspense either.
Crossing the boundaries of film genres is a difficult thing to do with
success and M. Night Shymalan does it very well.
Bruce Willis delivers a strong performance as the low key David Dunne.
He knows how to hide the true emotions of a character and make it so that
you really have to strive to get inside of their head to show what they
are thinking. Alongside Willis is veteran actor Samuel L. Jackson,
who also provides a wonderful performance as Elijah Prince.
M. Night does an astonishing job directing Unbreakable, and is
developing a style that can be quickly compared to Alfred Hitchcock.
Night likes to hide the camera so that it appears that we are eaves
dropping or spying on the characters. He also likes to shoot from a
long distance in the beginning of a scene and creep up as the scene
progresses, which is a great way to add tension to the film.
In the end, I think that Unbreakable is an excellent follow-up to
The Sixth Sense. It has great acting, a tone setting score, and is
skillfully directed as to pay close attention to detail. It is a
great movie to check out, but if you are in the mood for something scary
look else ware and check this one out another time. |
