Unbreakable 2000 Movie

+*Unbreakable* is a 2000 American [superhero](/wiki/superhero) thriller, directed by [M. Night Shyamalan](/wiki/m_night_shyamalan), subtly deconstructing comic book tropes through the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. It quietly explores the grounded origins of a modern myth.

+Shyamalan organized the narrative of *Unbreakable* to parallel a comic book's traditional [three-part story structure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-act_structure). After settling on the [origin story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_story), Shyamalan wrote the screenplay as a [speculative screenplay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative_screenplay) with Willis already set to star in the film and Jackson in mind to portray Elijah Price. Filming began in April 2000 and was completed in July.

+*Unbreakable* was released on November 22, 2000. It received generally positive reviews,[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbreakable_\(film\)#cite_note-metacritic-2) with praise for Shyamalan's direction, screenplay, its aesthetics, the performances, the emotional weight of the story, cinematography, and the score by [James Newton Howard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Newton_Howard). The film has subsequently gained a strong [cult following](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_following).[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbreakable_\(film\)#cite_note-3) A realistic vision of the [superhero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero) genre,[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbreakable_\(film\)#cite_note-hollywoodreporter-4) it is regarded by many as one of Shyamalan's best films and one of the best [superhero films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero_film). In 2011, [*Time*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_\(magazine\)) listed it as one of the top ten superhero films of all time, ranking it number four.[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbreakable_\(film\)#cite_note-time_top10-5) [Quentin Tarantino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino) also included it on his list of the top 20 films released from 1992 to 2009.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbreakable_\(film\)#cite_note-spike-6)

+## See also

+- [Comic Films](/wiki/comic_films)

+*Unbreakable* is a 2000 American [superhero](/wiki/superhero) thriller, directed by [M. Night Shyamalan](/wiki/m_night_shyamalan), subtly deconstructing comic book tropes through the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. It quietly explores the grounded origins of a modern myth.

+## See also

+- [Comic Films](/wiki/comic_films)

+- [Mystery](/wiki/mystery)

+- [Bruce Willis](/wiki/bruce_willis)