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A man survives a train wreck that kills all of the other 133 passengers comes to terms with some fundamental question of happiness in his life. Bruce Willis stars as David Dunn, a man with a troubled marriage and a seemingly dark cloud hanging over his head. He claims to have a sadness that refuses to go away. On a train from New York returning to Philadelphia, Dunn is involved a train wreck and is the only passenger to survive. And survive he does, with neither a broken bone nor a scratch, Dunn returns home to his son, Joseph (Spencer Clark) and wife, Audrey (Robin Wright-Penn).
Enter comic book specialist Elijah Price, (Samuel Jackson), who brings into play the great balance of life, the question of whether there could be an equal number of fortunate events for every event of tragedy. Price considers himself to be one of the unfortunate ones. Labeled Mr. Glass as a child because of extremely fragile bones, he seems to think that his life of pain could seem to make sense if there was an opposite person to him. One who would never feel pain, one who would never break.
As the movie unfolds, Price becomes aware of the Dunn's amazing survival. At a memorial service for the train crash victims, Dunn returns to his vehicle to find a note on his windshield asking only one question: have you ever had a cold.
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The note is unsigned. Dunn traces it to Price's art gallery where Price gives him his theory: perhaps he is the unbreakable one.
Dunn soon realizes that he has never ever been hurt or sick in his life. He discovers that his physical strength is larger he ever thought. He has survived a near drowning, a car crash and now the train wreck. Dunn puts himself to the test to see if he really does have the power that Price thinks he does.
From that point there are a lot of twists and turns. The heaviness and darkness in the film make it all too eerie regardless of the scene. The camera work is phenomenal, showing us only what is necessary, and proving less is more. Director M. Night Shyamalan (the Sixth Sense), also seen in the movie, has put forth a truly unbreakable piece of work.
Erin Boyle, CanEHdian.com. Copyright 2000.
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