Unbreakable (2000)

Unbreakable is a 2000 American neo-noir superhero drama film written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. The film tells the story of Philadelphia security guard David Dunn, who slowly discovers that he possesses superhuman powers.

Shyamalan organized the narrative of Unbreakable to parallel a comic book's traditional three-part story structure. After settling on the origin story, Shyamalan wrote the screenplay as a speculative script with Willis already set to star in the film and Jackson in mind to portray Elijah Price. Filming for Unbreakable began in April 2000 and was completed by July.

Unbreakable received generally positive reviews, praising the superhero theme, the acting performances and musical score by James Newton Howard. The film has subsequently gained a strong cult following. Many regard it as Shyamalan's best film, and Time listed the film as one of the top ten superhero movies of all time.

Synopsis

Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) is born with Type I osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare disease in which bones break easily. As revealed later in flashbacks, Elijah draws a theory, based on the comic books he has read during his many hospital stays, that if he represents extreme human frailty, perhaps there is someone "unbreakable" at the opposite extreme.

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