Unbreakable (2000): Weakness
There have been many anti-superhero movies and shows over the years—including Mystery Men, Watchmen, and Brightburn—but Unbreakable stands out because, in many ways, it was ahead of its time. The 2000 thriller was Shyamalan’s follow-up to The Sixth Sense. Even though “I see dead people” is his most famous work, Unbreakable is considered his greatest. It’s about Bruce Willis’ David Dunn accepting his greater destiny as a superhero—just as his “archnemesis” Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) embraces his. Both of them have been given supernatural gifts that take each of them a long time to understand and accept. But they come with an opposing weakness that shows how, as Once Upon a Time’s Rumplestilskin would say, “All magic comes with a price.”
