Unbreakable
Movie, 2000, The origin, Set in Philadelphia, 2000
Unbreakable is #1 of 3 in release order and #1 of 3 in chronological order in the Eastrail 177 Trilogy.
The story
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.
Unbreakable recap
Unbreakable (2000) follows David Dunn, a Philadelphia security guard who walks out of a train wreck without a scratch while every other passenger dies. M. Night Shyamalan wrote, produced and directed it. David (Bruce Willis) is the only survivor of the Eastrail 177 derailment, which killed 131 people. A note on his car leads him to Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a comic art dealer born with a disease that makes his bones shatter, who argues that if he sits at one extreme of frailty, someone must sit at the other. David, drifting apart from his wife Audrey (Robin Wright), dismisses it, but he lifts more than he should, has never been sick, and once tore open a car door after a crash before faking an injury to quit football. His son Joseph (Spencer Treat Clark) believes completely. Touching strangers in a crowd shows David their crimes, and he follows a janitor to a house where a family is held hostage. Start the trilogy here.
Unbreakable ending explained
Unbreakable ends with David shaking Elijah's hand and seeing that Elijah caused the Eastrail crash, a hotel fire and a plane disaster, all to find his opposite. Elijah takes his childhood nickname, Mr. Glass, as the villain's name. Before that, David rescues the hostage children, nearly drowning, kills the janitor, and shows Joseph a newspaper sketch of the unknown hero. On-screen text says David went to the police and Elijah was locked in an institution for the criminally insane. The story resumed 16 years later in the last scene of Split.
Post-credits scenes
No. Unbreakable has no mid- or post-credits scene; it closes on title cards before the credits.
Where to watch Unbreakable
Unbreakable is streaming on fuboTV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 71%
Where it fits
What to watch before Unbreakable
Nothing. Unbreakable is the first of the Eastrail 177 Trilogy essentials, so it's the place to start.
Cast
- Bruce Willis as David Dunn
- Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price
- Robin Wright as Audrey Dunn
- Spencer Treat Clark as Joseph Dunn
- Charlayne Woodard as Elijah's Mother
- Eamonn Walker as Dr. Mathison
- Leslie Stefanson as Kelly
- Johnny Hiram Jamison as Elijah Age 13
- Michaelia Carroll as Babysitter
- Bostin Christopher as Comic Book Clerk
- Elizabeth Lawrence as School Nurse
- Davis Duffield as David Dunn Age 20
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.