Unstoppable (2004)

Director:

David Carson

Writer (WGA):

Tom Vaughan (written by)

Release Date:

27 October 2004 (United Arab Emirates)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

You can't stop a man who will stop at nothing.

Plot:

The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia...

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Antidote | Former Soldier | Traffic Accident | Car Crash

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Dean Cage
Jacqueline Obradors	...	Detective Amy Knight
Stuart Wilson	...	Sullivan
Kim Coates	...	Peterson
Mark Sheppard	...	Leitch
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Junod
Vincent Riotta	...	Miller
David Schofield	...	Dr. Collins
Nicholas Aaron	...	McNab
Kim Thomson	...	Agent Kennedy
Jo Stone-Fewings	...	Agent Gabriel
Cristian Solimeno	...	Scott
Gary Oliver	...	Sullivan's Driver
Raicho Vasilev	...	St Nevis Guard 1
David Fleeshman	...	St Nevis Guard 2

Also Known As:

9 Lives (Europe: English title) (DVD title)
Nine Lives (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Aruba | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:18 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Millennium Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sullivan drops the metal case with the hypo-gun and the samples inside, the case is securely closed. When Dean spots it, the case is sitting with the lid open.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

MOVE

Story-driven action film with a touch of originality

Wesley Snipes fans expecting a fightfest will probably be disappointed with "Unstoppable" / "Nine Lives", since the martial arts quotient is very limited. But those who prefer their action films to be driven by their stories and have a touch of originality in them will probably like this more. The originality comes mostly in the form of the hallucinogenic effects of the drug that Snipes gets injected with, and the ways director David Carson merges illusions with reality. Snipes is believably haunted by his war memories, just as he is believably disoriented by the drug; an action star like, say, Steven Seagal, would hardly be able to handle this role. Playing a police detective who is also Snipes' girlfriend, Jacqueline Obradors is uncompromisingly tough, foul-mouthed and occasionally even unpleasant, and she handles it all with conviction. And Kim Coates always makes a dependable villain. The film also contains one of the funniest lines I've heard in a long time, precisely because it's so unexpected: "Hey, have you seen my pony?" (**1/2)