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Orson Welles once said that directing a movie was like playing with the greatest toy train set in the world, and Tony Scott seems to be taking him literally. With the caboose of Scott's Taking of Pelham 123 barely in the distance, the filmmaker turned to Unstoppable, a train-chase picture loosely inspired by a true story (and perhaps just a smidgen by Runaway Train, the 1985 film based on an Akira Kurosawa script). At a Pennsylvania rail yard, some clueless workers let an unmanned train get loose, and the thing is soon hurtling across the countryside. Did we mention that it's pulling a few cars' worth of highly toxic material? Did you doubt it would be? Meanwhile, old-time engineer Denzel Washington and new conductor Chris Pine are making a routine run nearby--of course, in the movies, a routine run almost always turns into something wild. This odd couple is the only hope for stopping the runaway, while upper management dithers and an operations-room dispatcher (Rosario Dawson) spends most of the movie talking into her headset. Scott is an unabashed manipulator, and he yanks all the strings at his disposal for this whipped-up pageant: song cues, hype-filled reaction shots, stunts aplenty. It's all so aggressive, it makes you wish the exciting story could be allowed to tell itself. But the pulse does quicken, if you can turn your mind off for a while. And although it's faint praise, the movie is undeniably better than Pelham 123.--Robert Horton
Amazon.co.uk Review
Orson Welles once said that directing a movie was like playing with the greatest toy train set in the world, and Tony Scott seems to be taking him literally. With the caboose of Scott's Taking of Pelham 123 barely in the distance, the filmmaker turned to Unstoppable, a train-chase picture loosely inspired by a true story (and perhaps just a smidgen by Runaway Train, the 1985 film based on an Akira Kurosawa script). At a Pennsylvania rail yard, some clueless workers let an unmanned train get loose, and the thing is soon hurtling across the countryside. Did we mention that it's pulling a few cars' worth of highly toxic material? Did you doubt it would be? Meanwhile, old-time engineer Denzel Washington and new conductor Chris Pine are making a routine run nearby--of course, in the movies, a routine run almost always turns into something wild. This odd couple is the only hope for stopping the runaway, while upper management dithers and an operations-room dispatcher (Rosario Dawson) spends most of the movie talking into her headset. Scott is an unabashed manipulator, and he yanks all the strings at his disposal for this whipped-up pageant: song cues, hype-filled reaction shots, stunts aplenty. It's all so aggressive, it makes you wish the exciting story could be allowed to tell itself. But the pulse does quicken, if you can turn your mind off for a while. And although it's faint praise, the movie is undeniably better than Pelham 123.--Robert Horton
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you have seen the trailer for this film you know exactly what is going to happen in it: runaway train with highly explosive cargo heads towards built up area with only two gutsy railwaymen and their underappreciated female manager between it and disaster! Indeed, even if you haven't seen the trailer you could probably sketch the back story of every character in the film and how these stories are going to resolve just based on the 25 word summary I have just given.
That said, over the past 6 months I have found few more entertaining ways to spend a few hours in the cinema. Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson are typically charasmatic in roles that don't tax them excessively but which they deliver effortlessly, and the predictability of the movie strangely adds rather than detracts from the tension.
Perhaps not a classic, but crowd-pleasing enterainment, professionally done and almost guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face.
That said, over the past 6 months I have found few more entertaining ways to spend a few hours in the cinema. Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson are typically charasmatic in roles that don't tax them excessively but which they deliver effortlessly, and the predictability of the movie strangely adds rather than detracts from the tension.
Perhaps not a classic, but crowd-pleasing enterainment, professionally done and almost guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Huge frieght train is accidentaly released unmanned when brakes are turned off during a routine move and so begins the movie...
A great example of how to make a very simple story engaging for a full movie duration, the action ramps up nicely with the speed of the train and the increasingly frantic efforts to stop it before it careers off track to catastrophic effect.
Introduction of principle characters family members adds a little padding but very hard to recall a Mr Washington movie that failed to satisfy. His presence even made the ridiculous Pelham 123 watchable. He excels again in unstoppable.
Good action movie, highly dramatised but recommended.
A great example of how to make a very simple story engaging for a full movie duration, the action ramps up nicely with the speed of the train and the increasingly frantic efforts to stop it before it careers off track to catastrophic effect.
Introduction of principle characters family members adds a little padding but very hard to recall a Mr Washington movie that failed to satisfy. His presence even made the ridiculous Pelham 123 watchable. He excels again in unstoppable.
Good action movie, highly dramatised but recommended.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was dubious about watching this film as I thought the train out of control theme has been overdone. But I recommend you give this one a try as it manages to keep you gripped all the way through. You will probably assume you know what happens in the end, but that doesn't matter, it will still keep you watching and is a great action film that you can easily watch again. Take a ride!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Possibly the best B-movie of all time
There's not much to be said about the plot - it's a runaway train movie.
However, the execution is nothing short of flawless. Read more
However, the execution is nothing short of flawless. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Lloobee
Thoroughly enjoyable
This is a review of the Tripple Play version.
I have a Philips BD3000 blu-ray player with the latest firmware update. Read more
I have a Philips BD3000 blu-ray player with the latest firmware update. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mikeyd
Denzel and a runaway train
Denzel is awesome in this unmissable action thriller. Never a dull moment. Blu-ray is fantastic with a grainy look to it. Highly recommended!!
Published 3 months ago by kurt's fan
Stoppable
Don't be fooled by the title, this film is anti-climactic and thus disappointing.
Washington (in his second train-based film in a row with Scott and 5th film with him... Read more
Washington (in his second train-based film in a row with Scott and 5th film with him... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Inspector Gadget
very good
as always the filmes with D.W are very good and you can watch it again and again and not get bord with it.
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. L. Head
Unstoppable
This DVD is simply brilliant. Full of action and no swearing which makes a pleasant change. I just love it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by The Sarnian
Good Movie
Just seen Unstoppable 2010 on Sky Movies I found this one really enjoyable think I would give it a 7 out of 10. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. Fortune
Unstoppable
This in the end is all a matter of taste, me and my husband sometimes really like to watch "easy" stuff without having to think too much about it. We actually liked it quite a lot.
Published 6 months ago by Ingrid
When Trains Get Mad
If I wrote a film about a train it would be a horror about catching one up North near Christmas with all your presents in tow. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sam
Unstoppable
Now this movie is a classical movie. Not only does it come with a background guitarist, but the movie itself is awsome and the case was not damaged at all
Published 7 months ago by Matthew T. Perry
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