Unstoppable: Blu Ray review
Unstoppable
Rating: M
Released by 20th Century Fox and Roadshow
A hero with a buzz cut, a runaway vehicle and the potential for
disaster.
Haven't we heard that somewhere before?
Well, that and Denzel Washington in another Tony Scott train film too&.
In this latest from Tony Scott, Chris Pine stars as
Will Colson, a newbie in the rail industry - and one who, according to older
work colleagues has gained his position as a conductor on the rails in rural
Pennsylvania because of nepotism.
Denzel is Frank
Barnes, a long time employee of the rail roads who's seen it all before and is
now just doing his job and training Colson.
However, their spiky training run is broken by the news another
train's broken loose and thundering on the tracks, complete with a chemical
payload and no driver because of an accidental mess up from a fellow employee
Dewey (Ethan Suplee).
As the owner of the railway
tries to work out how best to avert the disaster of a train ploughing into
civilization, Barnes and Colson work with yardmaster Connie (ever dependable
Rosario Dawson) to try and save the day.
Apparently inspired by true events, Unstoppable is actually better
than the premise makes it sound - and thanks to some restrained directing from
Tony Scott, it's actually more watchable than you'd believe.
Sure, there's plenty of swooping, circling aerial camera shots and
continuous angled camera moments as the train continues on its path of
destruction; but Unstoppable also throws in some decent characters and some
commentary about old timers being forced out of jobs for young upstarts who know
nothing of the industry
Thanks to Scott's assured
leadership, this train stays firmly on the tracks - and destined for
entertainment.
Rating: 7/10
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