So understated, so subtle. Yet so powerful. What a masterpiece this is. Without a doubt the best superhero movie ever made. You ask 50 people what their favorite superhero movie is, Unbreakable will probably not even be mentioned. But that 51st person, the one who says "Unbreakable", that's the one who really knows about movies.

I've literally seen this movie decades ago and really enjoyed it then, but during the last years entirely forgot about it - until I saw Split in a sneak preview - when they showed the closing (or after credit?) scene, I was the only one in the cinema hall screaming "Oh my god, this is Unbreakable", while all the other visitors where puzzled. Unbelievable. Even my girlfriend didn't know the movie, so it had to be rewatched, and as "Glass" will be released this month, we finally got to actually watching it: David Dunn (portrait by Bruce Willis) lives an ordinary life in modest circumstances, working as a football stadium security guy who is estranged from his wife and planing to start anew, when he gets in a train accident which he survives as the only person. He is then approached by the comic book enthusiast and comic art trader Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) who is certain that David is a real life impersonation of all the super heroes written about in comic books. He tries to mentor David who doesn't believe a word... Being a comic book fan and loving the mid 2000s for all the stunning great super hero movies (Sam Raimis Spider-Man, X-Men, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Hellboy, Constantine, Watchman, 300, Sin City and of course the first MCU movies), I have to say this movie really stands out. It's not a typical comic book movie - it's not based on a comic book, it isn't even seeing itself as a typical super hero movie - it's rather a meta comic book movie, all the while having an integral part of typical comic books and focusing on this relevant mechanism that every comic book thrives on. All the while this movie is so totally different to any super hero movie you have ever seen. Totally calm, slow paced, no special effects, hardly any fight scenes, all the while absolutely thrilling due to brilliant cinematography, great acting and a killer score. The characters and their relations are as deep as in a drama movie, and nearly the entire movie is a built up to a great finale and an unexpected turn of events. There is no CGI, no action, not even a hero vs super villain showdown. All the while it touches the essence of every comic book story, and does so in an ingenious way. Because of this, of course not everyone will like the movie - a lot will probably not even consider it an comic book or action hero movie. But it really is a memorization of the comic book genre and given its age, and the fact that it came before the action hero genre took off, it really aged well - even after all the Marvel, DC and independent stuff this movie stands out as a great movie. And now I am really looking forward to seeing the final movie :)

Some of the camerwork was annoying and disengaging as it tried to be interesting or even arty. The story is so slow it's like a drip, and the characters are not good enough to make up for it. Willis isn't the best actor to carry a movie like this. It's a typical hollywood style supernatural drama in many ways, and I dislike them for promising a vast worldy idea yet they remain hollow on imagination and plot, often relying on a twist to try and make people think something clever happened. It's like they inserted random tense scenes just to stop people from falling asleep. The attempt at character transformation when Willis walks around in the rain wearing a hood was ridiculously cheesy.

The last 10 minutes are perfect

>*"Do you see any Teletubbies in here? No? ... This is an art gallery my friend, and this, is a piece of art!"* An interesting twist on the superhero genre. **Unbreakable** feels more like a realistic superhero origin story mixing drama, thriller and very little action. It's extremely slow and sometimes unexciting but the unique characters are what makes it worthwhile. They feel like characters right out of *X-Men* but attached to a more realistic and dramatic story which is why it feels so different. Mr. Glass is my favorite, I just though his character was more intriguing and entertaining. Love the message of finding your own identity, both our characters are going through it. The score was noteworthy, great acting, love the color palette (and lack of it at times), well-written and an epic twist I didn't see coming!