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MOVIE REVIEW This week's reviewed movie is: Unstoppable |
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This is a start to finish adrenalin pumping action story about a real runaway train incident -- carrying toxic waste and rolling along at 70 to 80 m.p.h. over hill and dale. Denzel Washington and Chris Pine have good chemistry together, bonding the viewers with our heroes. I thought it was just another ho-hum dumb film, but Unstoppable is an intelligent movie that provides the right mix of action, humor, drama, and fine acting. I give it a scissors up. |
Talk about disasters! An engineer near retirement and a rookie trainee must stop a driverless train (nicknamed "The Beast") full of toxic chemicals headed for another train full of schoolchildren in a highly populated area -- kinetic and loud. This film manages to stack one disaster on top of another and still keep both action and suspense going, despite its ridiculous plotting and inane conversations.
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Solid action director Tony Scott teams up for the fifth time with super star Denzel Washington to tell a tale that sounds a little far-fetched. But the movie is inspired by a true story that took place in Ohio in 2001. It's a real race against time thriller about a runaway train loaded with toxic chemicals and speeding towards a populated city. The action is fast-paced and the filmmaker declares the stunts were the the hairiest he's ever shot. Coming from the man behind Top Gun, that is saying something. I could see they were very dangerous and risky feats of skill to perform on a fast-moving topflight unstoppable train. |
