Unstoppable

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)

♫ She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes, she’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes... ♫ This doesn’t really sum everything up, but Scott’s “playing with trains" is a perfect example of suspense from start to finish. And does it matter that he achieves this using a thousand and one movie clichés? No it doesn’t because in any case you have no time to realize this before the final credits come up. (23/12/2010)

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)

The title doesn't lie. Tony Scott made an uncompromising action flick that combines the atmosphere of old-school John Frankenheimer or Don Siegel blockbusters with contemporary, digitally supercharged visuals, and it gets going early on... and then it's just goes, goes, goes. True, there's not much that's unexpected or revelatory in Unstoppable, but it's such an entertaining and fun film that I found myself staring. As I hold the DVD cover in my hands, I wonder why the hell it didn't come to the movie theatres? (29/03/2011)

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)