November 5, 2012
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Unstoppable
This film stars Denzel Washington, Rosario Dawson & Chris Pine & was directed by Tony Scott in what I think is his best film. The plot is a train driver leaves his train in gear at a level crossing & falls over whilst trying to get back on. We then have a runaway train that appears to defy almost all attempts. Not to mention Rosario's boss who is surely the boss from hell. This is a true story & apparently now Rosario's character is doing her bosses job. At first they won't derail the train because it will cost the company a lot of money then they want to derail it in a built up area. This is a freight train laden with caustic chemicals. It defies belief. Luckily Rosario's character knows what she's doing & in the end 2 train drivers, Washington & Pine save the day. If I said this was edge of the seat stuff it would be an understatement. I have watched it 3 times and still love it and could quite easily watch it again. Amazingly Denzel's character was about to be made redundant as the train company were bringing in younger drivers. This film makes a very good point that there's no substitute for experience. I am a bit of a train fan and something I like about this film is there is lots of delicious details like that a derailler won't work if a train is going too fast and is too heavy. This film is a bit of a classic.
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