Shyamalan's encore to The Sixth Sense, a hard act to follow. Given license by his previous success, he again stakes out an unusual area in commercial cinema: moody, bordered on four sides by gloomy, grave, somber, and morose. The plotline, please understand, is as silly as can be, yet Shyamalan betrays no awareness of, much less awkwardness or embarrassment over, any silliness. And in truth, the grip of the movie depends far less on narrative propulsion than on atmospheric muck.

Great (and for when it was made pretty fresh) idea about super heroes in a realistic setting. Unfortunately it never really takes off, spending too much time setting up the pretty weak and predictable Shyamalan twist (TM)... A few good and dark scenes makes it worth the while though,

as soon as the film fades to black at the end, stop it, don't read the text that follows. because everything else in this film is freakin gold. one of my personal favorites.

not to be taken too seriously. samuel jackson is excellent

A real world super hero. Absolutely bordering perfection.

I had such high hopes for this movie because 1) it was the follow up to 'The Sixth Sense,' that creepy and really excellent thriller with twist ending, 2) because its premise seemed to be so original - kind of like 'realistic superheroes.' But all it turns out to be is just some guy who doesn't catch colds and some other guy whose got fragile bones and a comic book collection. Don't get me wrong, technically the movie is fine..Willis and Jackson give good performances. But overall, kinda boring.

3/5

There's really so much good stuff here, that it's sad so little comes from it. It even has one of my favourite quotes of all time: "No shooting friends, Joseph!" I really don't know what's wrong here.. the pacing? The "twist"? Either way, you get a feeling that this is no where near as fun as it could have been. There is vintage Shyamalan stuff all over, but it's a strange case of the sum of all parts being less.

I liked this ALOT more when i first watched it. If you know how it all ends it takes away form the enjoyment of the movie. Also the manipulation of the audience becomes much more apparent when you see it a second time.