Over the last decade it seems our cinemas have fallen foul of a sort of superhero epidemic. I don’t think I’d be alone though, if I suggested that this deluge of heroics is starting to feel a bit too overly familiar. While there have been some excellent entries in the genre, too many of these ‘average at best’ comic book adaptations seem content to tread the same tired path. But in this sea of mediocrity there is one film that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Playing like a Mike Leigh version of the superman legend, M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable is an outstanding reminder that, in the right hands, classic material can still feel innovative and fresh. A remarkable, underrated oddity, Unbreakable is not only Shyamalan’s finest film, but may just be the greatest superhero movie ever made.
