Unbreakable is a American superhero thriller film written, produced, and directed by M. Jackson , and Robin Wright. It is the first installment in the Unbreakable film series.
In Unbreakable , David Dunn Willis survives a train crash with no injuries, leading to the realization that he harbors superhuman abilities. As he begins to grapple with this discovery, he comes to the attention of disabled comic book store owner Elijah Price Jackson , who manipulates David to understand him.
Shyamalan organized the narrative of Unbreakable to parallel a comic book's traditional three-part story structure. After settling on the origin story , Shyamalan wrote the screenplay as a speculative screenplay with Willis already set to star in the film and Jackson in mind to portray Elijah Price.
Filming began in April and was completed in July. Unbreakable was released on November 22, It received generally positive reviews, [ 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. The film has subsequently gained a strong cult following.
In , Time listed it as one of the top ten superhero films of all time, ranking it number four. After years of development on a follow-up film, a thematic sequel, Split , with Willis reprising his role as David Dunn in a cameo role, was released in January After the financial and critical success of Split , Shyamalan immediately began working on a third film, titled Glass , which was released January 18, , [ 7 ] thus making Unbreakable the first installment in the Unbreakable film series.
