Rating of
3/4
Unstoppable (2010)
MovieAddict - wrote on 01/26/12
When a runaway train escapes the rail yard, it's up to an experienced engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young conductor (Chris Pine) to put aside their differences and slow it down. The train is pulling tankers containing highly explosive material, and hurtling along at 70mph it has to be stopped before it hits civilization. Assisting them is a headstrong yardmaster (Rosario Dawson) who hopes to derail the locomotive in a sparsely populated area. We are told at the beginning that this is based on true events, which makes the film more chilling at the start. The action kicks in fairly quickly and the pace never sags. In the end though this was an exciting, involving piece, particularly as the train hurtled to that Deadman's curve and Dawson, Pine, and Washington all play their parts with just the right amount of believability.
