Unstoppable

Especially in the last 30 minutes a solid adrenaline dose. It's been done before and in a better version (Končalovský's Runaway Train, for instance), but otherwise this action flick has one big trump card, and that is the unorthodox setting of railway transport. Scott ticks along with the action, thanks to which even the mandatory clichés surrounding the protagonist's family can be survived unscathed. (25/12/2010)

A very predictable and unoriginal film that now, in 2010, doesn’t deserve any attention. Tony should work on more interesting projects, he still does action very well. The film did inject some adrenaline in my veins, but it’s a pity it didn’t manage to make me feel really tense, because there is absolutely no doubt about how things will turn out. Cliché incarnated. (20/12/2010)

It’s nice that the realistic story and believable actions of the characters prevent this Tony Scott movie from being full of lapses in logic. In comparison with Speed, for example, it’s more of a dramatic thriller than an action flick, even though Scott’s traditionally spectacular and energetic visuals suggest otherwise. Moreover, the director shows some brilliant work in escalating the tension, which is the best feature of the movie. Even so, without terrorists, ticking bombs or at least a more sophisticated (explosive?) ending that would play with the toxic cargo on the train, the film remains somehow incomplete. (30/03/2011)

It has a clear beginning and ending. The plot is simple, but it was used perfectly. The scenes feel real and I'm glad for the lack of unnecessarily unwieldy actions. Chris Pine and Denzel Washington are a great duo. And for a movie that takes place only on a train, I really enjoyed it. Most of the credit for that goes to Tony Scott, of course. 4 stars. (06/02/2012)

Scott has tamed the visual orgy down to a minimum, instead letting James T. Kirk and Senor Creasy put the brakes on the Runaway Train, which is pumping at maximum warp drive. All this in the year's most suspenseful film, where I involuntarily let out a few "Wow!" moments. Without a drop of shame, I admit that I was hoping for a happy ending, just like the emotional American families of heroes on TV screens, or when clichés and adrenaline work in the best possible ratio. [Coincidentally watched on a train.] (23/12/2010)