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David Dunn was a football prodigy sought out by professional teams. After a car accident involving himself and his college sweetheart and future wife, Audrey, David claims he's injured allowing him a graceful exit from playing and saving his relationship. Later in life he finds himself in a dying marriage much to the distress of his and Audrey's son Joseph while working as [[security guard]] at a football stadium. As he returns home from a job interview in New York City, David's train crashes and kills the other 131 passengers while he is the only survivor, sustaining no injuries to the shock of his doctor and the delight of Elijah Price. Making contact with Dunn, Price, who has a brittle bone disease, explains his theory that Dunn is essentially his 'counterpart', serving as the unbreakable man to Price's extremely fragile state. Testing himself, Dunn realizes that he is actually far stronger physically than he believed, and it is actually impossible for him to be physically injured (although his extreme density means that he would be vulnerable to drowning), as well as being able to sense those who would commit evil when he is in a crowd. |
David Dunn was a football prodigy sought out by professional teams. After a car accident involving himself and his college sweetheart and future wife, Audrey, David claims he's injured allowing him a graceful exit from playing and saving his relationship. Later in life he finds himself in a dying marriage much to the distress of his and Audrey's son Joseph while working as [[security guard]] at a football stadium. As he returns home from a job interview in New York City, David's train crashes and kills the other 131 passengers while he is the only survivor, sustaining no injuries to the shock of his doctor and the delight of Elijah Price. Making contact with Dunn, Price, who has a brittle bone disease, explains his theory that Dunn is essentially his 'counterpart', serving as the unbreakable man to Price's extremely fragile state. |
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Testing himself, Dunn realizes that he is actually far stronger physically than he believed, and it is actually impossible for him to be physically injured (although his extreme density means that he would be vulnerable to drowning), as well as being able to sense those who would commit evil when he is in a crowd. Dunn eventually faces off against a serial killer who committed a home invasion and took a family of four hostage. Though the parents were already dead by the time he arrived, Dunn defeats the killer and saves the two children. |
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Afterwards, Dunn meets with Price again, and looking at newspaper clippings he had framed, realizes that Price ''caused'' the train accident, along with a wave of other disasters such as plane crashes. Price did this to flush out and discover someone with super-powers. Horrified, Dunn turns Price in to the police, and continues his career as a superhero. |
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| David Dunn | |
|---|---|
| Unbreakable character | |
| First appearance | Unbreakable (2000) |
| Created by | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Portrayed by | Bruce Willis |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Security guard |
| Spouse | Audrey Dunn |
| Children | Joseph Dunn |
David Dunn is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Unbreakable film series, portrayed by American actor Bruce Willis. Dunn is a former college football prodigy and presently a security guard who discovers he has superhuman abilities. He is the protagonist in Unbreakable, a minor cameo character in Split, and will return in Glass as the main protagonist.
Character
Origins
When M. Night Shyamalan conceived the idea for Unbreakable, the outline had a comic book's traditional three-part structure (the superhero's "birth", his struggles against general evil-doers, and the hero's ultimate battle against the "archenemy"). However, he found the origin story most interesting, and chose to write Unbreakable as one.
Casting
Willis became attached while shooting The Sixth Sense, also directed by Shyamalan.[1]
Description
David Dunn was a football prodigy sought out by professional teams. After a car accident involving himself and his college sweetheart and future wife, Audrey, David claims he's injured allowing him a graceful exit from playing and saving his relationship. Later in life he finds himself in a dying marriage much to the distress of his and Audrey's son Joseph while working as security guard at a football stadium. As he returns home from a job interview in New York City, David's train crashes and kills the other 131 passengers while he is the only survivor, sustaining no injuries to the shock of his doctor and the delight of Elijah Price. Making contact with Dunn, Price, who has a brittle bone disease, explains his theory that Dunn is essentially his 'counterpart', serving as the unbreakable man to Price's extremely fragile state.
Testing himself, Dunn realizes that he is actually far stronger physically than he believed, and it is actually impossible for him to be physically injured (although his extreme density means that he would be vulnerable to drowning), as well as being able to sense those who would commit evil when he is in a crowd. Dunn eventually faces off against a serial killer who committed a home invasion and took a family of four hostage. Though the parents were already dead by the time he arrived, Dunn defeats the killer and saves the two children.
Afterwards, Dunn meets with Price again, and looking at newspaper clippings he had framed, realizes that Price caused the train accident, along with a wave of other disasters such as plane crashes. Price did this to flush out and discover someone with super-powers. Horrified, Dunn turns Price in to the police, and continues his career as a superhero.
Films
Unbreakable
Unbreakable was first released in November 2000. In the film, Dunn is a security guard who discovers he has supernatural abilities, with superhuman levels of strength, stamina, and invulnerability, as well as an extrasensory ability to see the crimes people have committed by touching them. Throughout the film, he is encouraged by Elijah Price, also known as "Mr. Glass" (Samuel L. Jackson) to become a superhero. Price, whose bones break easily because of a disease, develops a theory that if there is an extreme fragility there must be an "unbreakable" human in existence. As various people bump into him, he senses the crimes they perpetrated, such as theft and rape, and finds one he can act on: a sadistic janitor who invaded a family home, killed the parents and is holding the children captive. David follows the janitor to the victims' house and frees the children, but the janitor ambushes him and pushes him off a balcony into a swimming pool. David nearly drowns (since he cannot swim), but the children rescue him. He then attacks the janitor from behind and strangles him to death while once more remaining uninjured. At the end of the film, through his abilities, Dunn senses that Elijah orchestrated the train crash he had been in previously and countless other disasters that have resulted in massive losses of life, in an attempt to find David. His justification for this seemingly is claiming the purpose of his life and condition was to be David's archenemy. Dunn turns in Price to authorities, who is arrested for murder and terrorism and later committed to an institution for the criminally insane.
Split
In a final reveal in the 2016 film Split, Dunn appears in a cameo role, revealing that the film takes place in the same universe as Unbreakable.[2]
In the diner, patrons listen to the media coverage of the crimes of Kevin Wendell Crumb, a man who has dissociative identity disorder; "The Horde" being the media's nickname for the supervillain. One of the diners notes the resemblance between "The Horde" and a terrorist who uses a wheelchair arrested 15 years prior. While she struggles to remember the man's name, Dunn, who is sitting next to her, reminds the patron that the terrorist who uses a wheelchair was called "Mr. Glass".[2]
Glass
Shyamalan expressed hope for a third installment following Split, saying, "I hope [a third Unbreakable film happens]. The answer is yes. I'm just such a wimp sometimes. I don't know what's going to happen when I go off in my room, a week after this film opens, to write the script. But I'm going to start writing. [I have] a really robust outline, which is pretty intricate. But now the standards for my outlines are higher. I need to know I've won already. I'm almost there but I'm not quite there."[3] In April 2017, Shyamalan announced that the film will be titled Glass, with Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Taylor-Joy, and James McAvoy reprising their respective roles in the series.[4]
Reception
Willis received critical praise for his performance as Dunn in Unbreakable. Critic Roger Ebert believed that Willis' "subtle acting" was positively different from the actor's usual work in "brainless action movies".[5] Quentin Tarantino, who directed Willis in Pulp Fiction, has also praised his performance in Unbreakable, saying he considers it his best work.[6]
References
- ^ M. Night Shyamalan, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer, Eduardo Serra, James Newton Howard, The Making of Unbreakable, 2001, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- ^ a b Couch, Aaron (January 22, 2017). "'Split': M. Night Shyamalan Explains an Ending Years in the Making". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Joe McGovern (January 20, 2017). "Split spoiler: M. Night Shyamalan breaks down film's shock ending". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ Eric Eisenberg (April 26, 2017). "The Unbreakable And Split Crossover Movie Reveals Official Title And Four Stars". Cinemablend.
- ^ Roger Ebert (2000-11-22). "Unbreakable". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ Tarantino's Top 20. Spike.
External links
- David Dunn on IMDb