Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3686 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-10-29
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Italian
• Dubbed in: French, Italian
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 102 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
In Unbreakable, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan reunites with Sixth Sense star Bruce Willis, comes up with another story of everyday folk baffled by the supernatural (or at least unknown-to-science) and returns to his home town, presenting Philadelphia as a wintry haunt of the bizarre yet transcendent. This time around, Willis (in earnest, agonised, frankly bald Twelve Monkeys mode) has the paranormal abilities, and a superbly un-typecast Samuel L. Jackson is the investigator who digs into someone else's strange life to prompt startling revelations about his own. David Dunn (Willis), an ex-jock security guard with a failing marriage (to Robin Wright Penn), is the stunned sole survivor of a train derailment. Approached by Elijah Price (Jackson), a dealer in comic book art who suffers from a rare brittle bone syndrome, Dunn comes to wonder whether Price's theory that he has superhuman abilities might not hold water. Dunn's young son Joseph (Spencer Treat Clark) encourages him to test his powers and the primal scene of Superman bouncing a bullet off his chest is rewritten as an amazing kitchen confrontation when Joseph pulls the family gun on Dad in a desperate attempt to convince him that he really is unbreakable (surely, "Invulnerable" would have been a more apt title). Half-convinced he is the real-world equivalent of a superhero, Dunn commences a never-ending battle against crime but learns a hard lesson about balancing forces in the universe.

Throughout, the film refers to comic-book imagery--with Dunn's security guard slicker coming to look like a cape, and Price's gallery taking on elements of a Batcave-like lair--while the lectures on artwork and symbolism feed back into the plot. The last act offers a terrific suspense-thriller scene, which (like the similar family-saving at the end of The Sixth Sense) is a self-contained sub-plot that slingshots a twist ending that may have been obvious all along. Some viewers might find the stately solemnity with which Shyamalan approaches a subject usually treated with colourful silliness offputting, but Unbreakable wins points for not playing safe and proves that both Willis and Jackson, too often cast in lazy blockbusters, have the acting chops to enter the heart of darkness. --Kim Newman

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Fully produced additional scenes not seen in theatres introduced by M. Night Shyamalan
Behind the scenes, featuring Bruce Willis
Comic books and superheroes--exclusive feature with Samuel L. Jackson
The train station sequence: multi-angle featurette
An excerpt from an early film of M. Night Shyamalan
Two collectable Alex Ross illustrations
Languages: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, French, Italian
Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired, French, Italian
Widescreen 2.35:1

Special Features
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2 Collectable Alex Ross Illustrations

Customer Reviews

lacking in action
It should have been better. Bruce has played some great characters throughout his career but in this he was totally devoid of personality or charm. I really didnt care if he lived or died. His family were all really boring as well.I know he is supposed to be feeling empty and bored with life but jeeezz it makes boring TV. The tone of most of the movie is really grim and miserable.

Samuel L Jackson aka Mr Glass saves this film from being a complete failure. his story is quite interesting and there is a good twist at the end.

A stealth hero movie
The title is a term me and my friend use for this film. Stealth because it isn't overly obviouse like having Bruce Willis flying around in a cape and smashing down machines, but with the many different hints all the way through the film. If your someone who actually watches films (Unlike the few review writing retards) then it will be very enjoyable.

It kinda reminds me of the series Heroes, but since it's a stealth film from where I remember there isn't that much in the way of exciting. It's just like the 6th sense. Instead of exciting you with explosions and things, it excites you with trying to make you think about what's going on and ect.

I highly reccomend buying this film, but if you're unsure then rent it and I promise you will not be dissapointed.

I personally cannot remember much of the film that wouldn't be spoilers, but I definantly remember that your attention gets drawn in as soon as you find out about Bruce having survived a train wreck that everyone died on and leaving without even a scratch of bruise to show for it.

Good
I liked this film although it was a bit dragged out i enjoyed most of it.
I heard someone say this had a better twist than the
sixth sense which is not true you can hardly call the ending a twist because it is
quite obvious what is going to happen.
I would recommend people to rent this first because it might not be your sort of film