josepainumkal Wants to get thrilled? Then watch "Unstoppable". It is exciting and you will forget everything for the next 98 minutes. The movie is full of excitement and it takes the viewers to be part of the challenging mission. The BGM is wonderful and it suits well with the overall theme of the movie. Buy some popcorn and just enjoy the thrill.

unebaiser I liked this movie, a lot. Great entertainment,but it's not very realistic.If any of the railroad employees had even a little common sense, this would have been over in ten minutes. Once the consist was connected, the engineer could have just applied the dynamic, and stepped off the back of the rear engine, onto 777. Problem solved.Also,Dewey, could have just waited, for the rear steps of 777,and then climbed on, rather than try to chase the front. A good movie though. I highly recommend it,especially, if you like trains.

Arahones The plot is not even that bad, it's a simple low budget Hollywood movie, and probably entertaining enough for it's audience. But where this movie really fails is the most awful camera work in history of movies. Every single shot is either a shaky cam, some quick 'zoom adjust' shot or the godawful camera on that rail. It is supposed to give you the feel of motion, but the dumb camera rail is in 99% of all the shots. Even in the office shots are done with this setup. Aargh, Tony Scott, for the love of god, why? As if you are watching a movie from a marry-go-round. Just, plain, awful.. A 3 out of 10 is generous, out of respect for the actors.

Wuchak Released in 2010, "Unstoppable" is about a runaway train in Pennsylvania carrying toxic chemicals and the engineer and conductor who try to stop it (Denzel Washington & Chris Pine). Rosario Dawson plays the yardmaster that assists from headquarters while Jessy Schram plays the separated wife of the newbie conductor.The movie's based on the real-life CSX 8888 Incident, otherwise known as the Crazy Eights Incident, which involved a runaway freight train in northwestern Ohio in 2001. Locomotive #8888 was pulling 47 cars, including some with hazardous chemicals, and ran unmanned for two hours and 66 miles at speeds of up to 51 mph. (***Don't read the rest of this paragraph if you don't want to know how the real-life incident ended before seeing the movie***). Attempts to derail the train using a portable derailer failed, as did an attempt by police to shoot at an emergency fuel cutoff switch, which didn't work because the button has to be pressed for several seconds before the engine shuts down due to lack of fuel. A northbound freight train took succor in a siding area where the crew released its locomotive and waited for the runaway to pass. Like in the movie, they had a crew of two: Jess Knowlton, an engineer with 31 years of service; and Terry L. Forson, a relative neophyte conductor. They proceeded to chase the runaway train and successfully locked on to the rear car of the runaway, then slowing it by applying the dynamic brakes or their locomotive. Once the runaway had slowed to 11 miles per hour, trainmaster Jon Hosfeld ran alongside the train, jumped on, and shut down the engine.While the movie starts somewhat bland it quickly picks up momentum for a realistic non-stop thrill ride. The realism is refreshing in this day and age of cartoony action blockbusters and their multiple "yeah, right" action scenes (not that there's anything wrong with those movies, as long as you're in the right mode). Washington and Pine make for good protagonists and you start to care about them as the story progresses. Moreover, the movie doesn't overstay its welcome at a mere 98 minutes.The film was shot in numerous locations extending from central Pennsylvania to eastern Ohio, which serve up a nice rolling hills backdrop with the occasional river. Minor note: You'll observe a woodchuck scamper across the tracks in one scene where he/she thankfully DOESN'T become ground chuck.BOTTOM LINE: "Unstoppable" is worthwhile as a believable disaster thriller. While it lacks the potent subtext and overall greatness of 1985's "Runaway Train," it makes up for it with its realistic and kinetic tone, not to mention the fact that it's based on a true incident.GRADE: B