A train crash killed 131 passengers. David Dunn (Bruce Willis) miraculously became the only survivor of the disaster, and he was unscathed. After attending the memorial service for the victims, he found a mysterious note on the window of the train, which read: "How many times have you been sick in your life?" Soon, a black man named Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) appeared in front of David. Unlike David, Elijah was born with crippled hands and feet and was extremely fragile. Elijah, who loved comics, believed that David was the kind of superman with supernatural powers in the books. Under Elijah's guidance, the ignorant David began to understand his own abilities...