M. Night Shyamalan is back with this thriller starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. Willis stars as security guard, David Dunn, who miraculously survives a devastating train wreck. Of the 132 people on board, David is the only survivor and even more miraculous is that David walks away without a single scratch. Dunn, soon after, is approached by comic book expert, Elijah Price (Jackson), who has an unbelievable theory: Elijah was born with a rare disorder that makes his bones brittle and so they break very easily. Elijah believe that he and David are linked, or positioned at opposite ends of a spectrum that makes Elijah easily injured and David "unbreakable." David slowly comes to believe Eiljah’s theory and ultimately David discovers his and Elijah’s purpose in the world.

Unbreakable ultimately is a story of fate and purpose. Or more specifically, the search for your place in the universe. David is blessed with strange abilities and through the course of the movie. David learns to harness and use these powers to fight for good. Elijah also is on a search to find out what is his place in the universe and by assisting David in finding David’s purpose, Elijah hopes to end his. The culmination of the film is a surprise ending (ala Shyamalan’s Sixth Sense) and its a very satisfying conclusion to a very smart movie.

All in all, Unbreakable is a story of heroes and villains; fate and existence. Shyamalan has made a great follow up to his Sixth Sense. In Unbreakable, there is a lot of talk of comics and comic book heroes. Shyamalan employs a lot of interesting framing and angles inspired by the ways comics are framed when he composes a scene. Shyamalan appears to be a very intelligent film maker and show lots of promise in the future.