gliderguy

The movie has no point, no character development, monumental plot implausibility's, and a horrible finish. It starts by claiming the movie is based on actual events, which turns out to be completely false. The "plot" centers around a couple that is terrorized by three people, a man and two women. This movie reminds me of the TV commercial where the terrorized group intentionally ignores a running, unlocked car and, instead, decides to hide behind a row of hanging chainsaws. The couple can't seem to defend themselves with a shotgun with plenty of shells, while the terrorists have only an axe which was probably found on the property. The terrorists even manage to damage their own getaway vehicle, an old Ford pickup, but getaway anyhow. They totally lack any motive whatsoever for their actions.

This movie plods along when it is in high gear - and is insufferable at other times. At times the dialog is so softly spoken by the actors that I had to have closed captioning on to see what they were saying. The movie revolves around a TV show called the Pink Opaque which somehow pulls the viewer into its plot. The protagonist is drawn into the TV and disappears for years, only to reappear later on. The movie is desperately seeking out a rationale for being and never quite finds it. It was a total waste of time for me, and I found myself nodding off as I watched it. Do yourself a favor and skip this one.

This movie totally wastes the talents of Bruce Willis, who plays flawed but likeable characters. Here he plays security guard named David Dunn who miraculously survives a catastrophic train crash near Philadelphia. This is the first bone of contention: there are no CGI train crash effects, the movie just jumps post crash. This would be acceptable in a low-budget film, but not one that cost $75 million in 2000! The second bone to pick is that somehow 130 people died out of 131, Dunn being the only survivor. Come on! This is a train, not an airplane. You simply do not have such high casualty levels, let alone fatalities, in a train crash.

From here the rest of the film, which is most of it, just plods along with Dunn looking confused most of the time. He meets Elijah (Samuel L Jackson) who tells Dunn that he can't be broken by disease or injury, hence the title. The film tries to be artsy, but falls flat on this level. The writer/director Shyamalan tries to save the film with a surprise ending, but it is too little, too late.