With all the superhero bombardments going on in the cinemas at the moment, I decided it was time to rewatch Shyamalan's take on the superhero genre and see if it holds up. Boy, did it ever.

I have always felt that Shyamalan is a better storyteller than a director. If I look at all his films, I think this film strikes the best balance. He has written one of the best origin stories ever and manages to direct it with…

There are two misconceptions about M. Night Shyamalan. The first is that The Sixth Sense is his best movie. The second is that he's untalented. Unbreakable is, by far and away, the best thing he has yet done - and, believe me, it proves he is extremely talented. It's been all the way downhill ever since this effort but he delivers here a powerful, moving and wonderfully innovative take on the comic-book movie, with two frankly terrific performances by Bruce…

When M. Night Shyamalan is on his game, I dig the shit out of his style. Sadly, he's only been on his game twice, with "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable." And man is he on his game with the latter.

This movie is so fucking awesome. The entire thing is one giant superhero origin story. NO superhero film has ever done that. I wish "Batman Begins" had gone full bro and made the entire running time about Bruce Wayne becoming…

I hadn't seen UNBREAKABLE since I first saw it in the theatre back in 2000, when I didn't like it very much at all. At the time, the "guess what? you're a superhero!" storyline seemed more the stuff of slapstick comedy than dark, deadly serious psychodrama, and as a result it felt unintentionally ridiculous. I'd heard for the last few years from various people that it plays much better on repeat viewings and is a lot more interesting than many…

This movie has quite possibly the longest amount of set-up for a superhero film ever. However, what it builds up for is quite an impressive conclusion.

While I loved the realistic feel of this movie and the intensity that flows through all of the dramatic sequences, it's that long build-up that also tends to be its major weakness. It's not that the first 3/4 of the movie is boring. In fact, the interaction between Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson…

I didn't like this at all when I saw it opening weekend, and I blame the marketing, which tried to sell this as a super-secretive thriller with a Sixth Sense-like twist. Had I known the movie was about comics and hero archetypes, I would have appreciated it for what it is instead of being disappointed that it wasn't something else. When my friend Doug, a big comics fan, urged me to revisit the film, I actually found it to be…

I'm slightly surprised to see Unbreakable get so much praise here on Letterboxd.

The central premise of the film, which revolves around Bruce Willis as a security guard who has never been ill in his life and suddenly learns he has super strength, but just wants to be a normal guy, who meets Sam L Jackson who is a disabled comic-book art collector, who tries to make Willis realise his potential, is actually quite an interesting and original idea.

However,…