Reviews

Denzel Washington reunites with director Tony Scott for Unstoppable, their fifth film together and second movie about a runaway train. Following on the heels of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Unstoppable finds Washington once again being the man who has to save the day. Washington's great at playing a guy who can keep his cool when all around him are losing theirs. And the fact he does this so well -- and can still handle some pretty dangerous-looking action scenes -- is one of the main reasons Unstoppable is so entertaining. Add in the fact the premise fits perfectly within Tony Scott's style of directing and Unstoppable's better than you'd expect from the trailers. It's actually a great popcorn film, a real seat-gripping, adrenaline rush of a movie.

By Rebecca Murray, from About.com

Unstoppable is as good as its name. A runaway train drama that never slows down, it fashions familiarity into a virtue and shows why old-school professionalism never goes out of style.

With action auteur Tony Scott directing, Unstoppable certainly features a lot that we've seen before, from its vehicle-from-hell format to its venerable advertising line: "1,000,000 Tons, 100,000 Lives, 100 Minutes." Yes, they still do make them that way.

By Kenneth Turan, from Los Angeles Times