ADDITION: Touchstone - Region FREE - Blu-ray July 17': As I continue to watch Unbreakable, through the years, my enthusiasm for it only grows. The 1080P tightens in advance on the SD - and depth becomes more apparent. There is no significant variation in the 2.35:1 frame but colors do tighten. There are complaints of DNR and a softness over the image This is on a dual-layered disc with a middling bitrate. The film's visuals are strong but essentially, imperfect, in this HD transfer but improving upon the DVD. I think it's time for a new transfer.

Touchstone, unusually, use an extremely robust linear PCM, 5.1 surround, but only 16-bit. Effects are well-supported with impressive depth with a few notable separations. There is also a potent Dolby Digital EX 5.1 track option.  The original music is by, the iconic, James Newton Howard (8 Million Ways to Die, 2005's King Kong, Batman Begins, The Bourne Legacy, I Am Legend, The Lookout etc.) and the score is brilliant - one of his best. It steadily rises - establishing a noble bass-line when the hero achieves in his calling. It adds significant value to the film's darker moods and sounds excellent via the uncompressed. There are optional, yellow, subtitles (see sample below), and foreign language DUBs, offered and my Oppo has identified it as being a region FREE - playable world-wide.

Extras duplicate the 2004 DVD with a 1/4 hour of Behind the scenes with Willis describing his initiation into the project and Shyamalan details areas of production, his drafts of the story etc. There are seven, interesting, deleted scenes with director's introduction - running just shy of 1/2 hour in total. There is a, 20-minutes, Comic Book and Superheroes documentary, the Train Station Sequence with multi-angle feature & sound mix plus a brief excerpt from a childhood film of M. Night Shyamalan.

This is one of my most-watched films - I adore the Eduardo Serra cinematography with many 'upside' down shots that slowly right themselves plus the many 'long distance shots' of two characters conversing as well as sequences wavering between chairs (in the train) or in the bench-press scene. Willis is at his strong-silent best. Robin Wright is always amazingly realistic and she can't seem to give a poor performance, Spencer Treat Clark is also great - and Samuel L. Jackson's propensity for loud flamboyancy is perfectly suited Elijah Price's 'Mr. Glass' characterization. Perfect casting. The James Newton Howard score is subtle and rhythmic wonderfully building the film's sub-surface moods. I tire of defending Shyamalan and the irrelevant criticisms that surface - he is a brilliant storyteller and filmmaker - this is a great film. Period. This, older, Blu-ray needs a upgrade with a stronger, new, transfer. How about a steelbook?