Kevin, interesting review. Sounds like Rapaport’s performance really makes the film. Unfortunately, I don’t like those kind of “see how horrible life can be” explorations. My take on it isn’t based on anything more than the trailer and a general jaded mindset.

I think where our differences may have come from was my failure to pick up on the possible insults to comic book readers. My previous review was fairly shallow, but what really sucked me in was just how much your heart breaks for the protagonist. Instead of wanting to yell, “I get it, you can stop now,” to the team behind the film, you want to yell at the fictional world to let him catch a break.

Maybe… I haven’t seen Unbreakable yet. It’s on my Netflix queue, though. :)

Isn’t this kinda, sorta what you have with the Bruce Willis/Samuel L. Jackson/M. Night Shyamalan movie UNBREAKABLE?

The trailer made it look mildly interesting but the story seemed a little too simple.

A more interesting path may have been to take a non-comics reading person and drop him into the same situation. If you think you have powers that you previously did not believe even possible, what would you do? Would you take the altruistic path and help people or would you go to the prom and lift girls dresses up with your mind ala Zapped?

Guess whoever is distributing it figures they’re cashing in on super-hero popularity.