Unstoppable (2010)

"...Unstoppable delivers...  Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
"A 95-minute thrill ride.  James Berardinelli's ReelViews
"...Delivers all the goods mainstream action fans could want.  Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

Editor's Note In this action thriller from director Tony Scott, rookie train operator Will (Chris Pine) and grizzled veteran engineer Frank (Denzel Washington) learn that a runaway locomotive carrying carloads of dangerous chemicals is headed for Will's small Pennsylvania hometown, where his wife and child live. In order to save the day, they must figure out how to catch up to the rogue engine, and stop it before harm comes to the town. Standing in their way is Galvin (Kevin Dunn), the head of the company who is more interested in saving the stock price than lives. On the plus side, the duo have competent corporate employee Connie (Rosario Dawson) on the radio, talking them through their various attempts to corral and then stop the potentially lethal locomotive.

	Rosario Dawson
	Ethan Suplee
	Chris Pine
	Denzel Washington
	Kevin Dunn
	David Warshofsky - Co-Star
	Jeff Wincott - Co-Star
	Mike Clark - Co-Star
	Kevin McClatchy - Co-Star
	Larry Cherry - Hairstylist
	Rosemary Brandenburg - Set Decorator
	John Frazier - Special Effects Supervisor
	Carl Fullerton - Makeup
	Dihlon McManne - Co-Star
	Lew Temple - Co-Star
	L. Derek Leonidoff - Co-Star
	Amy Arce - Co-Star
	William R. Ward III - Co-Star
	T.J. Miller - Co-Star
	Juan Fernandez - Co-Star
	Scott A. Martin - Co-Star
	Jessy Schram - Co-Star
	Sean Derry - Co-Star
	Maxx Hennard - Co-Star
	Elizabeth Mathis - Co-Star
	Jake Andolina - Co-Star
	Meagan Tandy - Co-Star
	Dylan L. Bruce - Co-Star
	Ryan Ahern - Co-Star
	Christopher Lee Philips - Co-Star
	Toni Saladna - Co-Star
	Lissa Brennan - Co-Star
	Barry Ben Sr. - Co-Star
	Heather Leigh - Co-Star
	Carla Bianco - Co-Star
	Kevin Michael Gregory - Co-Star
	Khalio Walker - Co-Star
	Gilda Estelle Chestney - Co-Star
	Kam Bott - Co-Star
	Kevin Bott - Co-Star
	Max Schuler - Co-Star
	Gretchen Bluemle - Co-Star
	Diane Jonardi - Co-Star
	Christopher Stadulis - Co-Star
	Alicia Murton - Co-Star
	Nathan Hollabaugh - Co-Star
	Jennifer Boresz - Co-Star
	Victor Gojcaj - Co-Star
	Charles VanEman - Co-Star
	Joshua Elijah Reese - Co-Star
	Ellen Gamble - Co-Star
	Shelby Camptella - Co-Star
	John D. Leonard - Co-Star
	Thomas Riley - Co-Star
	Jeremiah Fragale - Co-Star
	Jason McCune - Co-Star
	Adam Kroloff - Co-Star
	Jarrod DiGiorgi - Co-Star
	Tami Dixon - Co-Star
	Matt Cates - Co-Star
	Rick Chambers - Co-Star
	Steven Gonzales - Co-Star
	Carly Steel - Co-Star
	Stephen Monroe Taylor - Co-Star
	Stephen Nelson - Co-Star
	Bill Laing - Co-Star
	Kevin Chapman - Co-Star
	Joe Coyle - Co-Star
	Rick Rader - Co-Star
	Tom Stoviak - Co-Star
	Andy Umberger - Co-Star
	Chase Ellison - Co-Star
	Patrick F. McDade - Co-Star
	Rebecca Harris - Co-Star
	Warren Sweeney - Co-Star
	David Flick - Co-Star
	Jeff Hochendoner - Co-Star
	Aisha Hinds - Co-Star
	Richard Pelzman - Co-Star
	Corey Parker Robinson - Co-Star
	Adrienne Wehr - Co-Star
	Eric McLeod - Production Manager/UPM
	Harry Gregson-Williams - Composer
	Adam Somner - Assistant Director
	Ben Seresin - Director of Photography
	Gary Powell - Stunt Coordinator
	Steven E. Bunyea - Special Effects
	Ken Ebert - Special Effects
	David Amborn - Special Effects
	Michael Tinger - Post-Production Supervisor
	Debi Young - Makeup
	Asylum Visual Effects - Visual Effects Designer
	Mark Bomback - Screenwriter
	Wyatt Belton - Hairstylist
	Richard L. Hill - Special Effects
	Rich Cordobes - Special Effects
	Beau Desmond - Costumes
	Diane Heller - Makeup Designer
	Michael Shelton - Animation Supervisor
	Steven Pancake - Special Effects
	Carol Quiroz - Costumes
	Sandra Linn Koepper - Makeup
	Heath Hood - Special Effects
	Diane Dixon - Hairstylist
	Danny Moumdjian - Hairstylist
	Marc Banich - Special Effects
	Richard Schwalm - Special Effects
	Jude R. Berrick - Special Effects
	Eric Jolley - Special Effects
	Chance A. Drylie - Special Effects
	Eye Spy Productions - Visual Effects Designer
	Kevin Corrigan - Co-Star
	Tony Scott - Director

Wall Street Journal
"[F]ull, fresh, smart, terse, funny, genuinely thrilling and ultimately original..." 11/12/2010

Box Office
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Washington and co-star Chris Pine are great together, and up to the task for the unbelievably intense action, pulse-pounding excitement and pure adrenaline high this movie delivers." 11/10/2010

A.V. Club
"Washington and Pine have a strong, often funny chemistry, the dramatic stakes are raised incrementally, and the interplay between the two leads and the professionals on the other end." -- Grade: B- 11/11/2010

Chicago Sun-Times
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "The movie is as relentless as the train, slowly gathering momentum before a relentless final hour of continuous suspense. In terms of sheer craftsmanship, this is a superb film." 11/10/2010

Los Angeles Times
"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." 11/12/2010

Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 4 -- "The selling points here are jolts. And this movie delivers so hard it shoots off sparks." 11/11/2010

Entertainment Weekly
"It's all speed, sound, and fury -- and in that, Tony Scott is the right man for the jobs." -- Grade: B 11/17/2010

USA Today
3 stars out of 4 -- "Scott paces the film like its mechanized star: deliberately and, ultimately, with enough speed to keep its passengers satisfied." 11/13/2010

Washington Post
3 stars out of 4 -- "The director Tony Scott achieves something close to the action movie in its ideal form with UNSTOPPABLE....Scott wisely keeps the premise pure, ratcheting up the tension and raising the emotional stakes without cluttering up the story's sleek lines." 11/12/2010

Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "[Scott] has pursued every microsecond of big-boned movieness from the proposition....The film feels in sure hands." 11/24/2010

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a great success -- an expansive, loud, riveting ride that's mercifully light on conspicuous CGI." 01/01/2011

Rolling Stone 8 of 10
The selling points here are jolts. And this movie delivers so hard it shoots off sparks. Washington ignites as Frank Barnes, a veteran engineer with two college-age daughters (the sweeties work Hooters to help defray tuition costs) and an attitude toward his mouthy new conductor Will Colson (Chris Pine), also with temper issues at home. Washington and Pine go way beyond white-knuckle duty, goading each other with tasty humor and unexpected feeling. But the focus is on a freight train carrying toxic chemicals. The train is unmanned, on the loose and gaining speed. If it jumps the rails, the population of Stanton, Pennsylvania is roadkill, including cute little tykes.Does the script really stoop that low to build tension? Duh. Yardmaster Connie Hooper (a fierce, first-rate Rosario Dawson) must figure out what to do, just like Washington did in Pelham. Every movie junkie knows the answer. Get Washington and Pine on board the runaway train and let Scott run every trick in his stunt arsenal until they save the day. Unstoppable is a bang-up ride that means to wring you out. Mission accomplished. - Peter Travers