10 Offbeat Superhero Films You MUST See

"They called me Mr. Glass"

Of all the superhero films out there nobody ever looked at the relationship between hero and villain through this prism. M. Night Shyamalan takes us on a guided tour of the shortcomings that Bruce Willis' David Dunn has while we watch him in the aftermath of a train accident in which he was miraculously unharmed.

The empathetic Mr. Glass narrative challenges your concept of villainy completely. As we cheer him on we get closer and closer to the hero story that we both want. This is actually not shared by the insular Dunn who is more of an object that is acted on by his son and by Glass.

Dunn has no idea how to reach his ever more distant wife anymore and is just not strong enough to accept the unique responsibility of heroism on top of his crumbling life. The everyday fears of adulthood are all portrayed brilliantly here.

There are strong connections made between super-heroism and male identity. We see a man who is not relied on by his family grow weaker. We then witness how clarity of purpose can allow the same flawed man to take back his marriage and meet his son's expectations.

After everything that happens, you find yourself fully behind Dunn and just as hurt and confused by Glass- almost a completely opposite alignment to the beginning of the film.

Slower, more subtle and morally ambiguous, this film is a huge tonal departure from convention, despite its sentimental reverence of it.