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{{quote|''What if Superman was here on earth... but he didn't know he was Superman?''
|'''[[Quentin Tarantino]]''''s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}Wz4K-Rxx2Bk&feature{{=}}player_embedded suggestion of the movie's tagline]}}
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''Unbreakable'' begins with the birth of Elijah, whose mother discovers that he has been born with ''osteogenesis imperfecta'' (which makes his bones as fragile as glass) and that he was born with broken arms and legs. The film then jumps to the present day where David, on his way home to Philadelphia from New York, ends up in a horrific train crash that kills everyone but him -- and David himself is perfectly healthy and unharmed.
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''Unbreakable'' has [[Twist Ending|a hell of a ending]], and it's pretty much the only ending to a Shyamalan film that ''hasn't'' become an "[[It Was His Sled]]" ending. If you haven't seen the movie yet, avert your eyes from the spoilers below and see it for yourself.
It was followed by two sequels, 2016's ''[[Split (2016 American film)|Split]]'' with Bruce Willis returning for a cameo and 2019's ''[[Glass (2019 film)|Glass]]'' using the cast of the previous two films.
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* [[Achilles' Heel]]: {{spoiler|Elijah is confused that David almost drowns just like anyone else, until he remembers that every superhero needs a specific weakness.}}
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** Given the movie's comic book themes, there is a subtle one that is [[Fridge Brilliance]] on later viewings. As has been mentioned, the color theme that goes with Elijah is purple, and his office has a large Egyptian pictorial behind his chair, both of which are references to Ozymandias from [[Watchmen]]. It's [[Fridge Brilliance]] after you've seen both movies, and know that {{spoiler|both of them are actually secretly the villain of the work.}}
* [[Sole Survivor]]: David, in a train wreck.
* {{spoiler|[[Stealth Sequel]]: 2016's ''[[Split]]'', and it isn't obvious until the very last moments of the film. A trilogy has been strongly hinted at.}}
* [[Superhero]]: Deconstructed. Unrealized sequels could have been intended as a [[Reconstruction]].
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Played with. David has a phobia of water due to a childhood incident. {{spoiler|It's shown that David may be invulnerable, but he still requires oxygen, so he can drown just like anyone else.}}
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