Unstoppable (2010)

With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

Director:

Tony Scott

Writer:

Mark Bomback

Stars:

Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Denzel Washington	...	Frank
Chris Pine	...	Will
Rosario Dawson	...	Connie
Ethan Suplee	...	Dewey
Kevin Dunn	...	Oscar Galvin
Kevin Corrigan	...	Scott Werner
Kevin Chapman	...	Bunny
Lew Temple	...	Ned Oldham
T.J. Miller	...	Gilleece
Jessy Schram	...	Darcy
David Warshofsky	...	Judd Stewart
Andy Umberger	...	Janeway
Elizabeth Mathis	...	Nicole Barnes
Meagan Tandy	...	Maya Barnes
Dylan Bruce	...	Michael Colson (as Dylan L. Bruce)

Storyline

Unstoppable is a drama about a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals. Puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. They're chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town.

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Plot Keywords:

train | runaway train | race against time | train conductor | train engineer | 

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Taglines:

1 million tons of steel. 100,000 lives at stake. 100 minutes to impact.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and peril, and some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

8888

Filming Locations:

Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,714,871 (UK) (26 November 2010)

Gross:

$81,557,479 (USA) (4 March 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Prospect Park, Scott Free Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tony Scott's final film before his death in 2012.

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Goofs

Portable derails are used and the description of the process by which they work is technically accurate but they were not installed correctly. The "lifting" mechanism should be on the inside of the rail (where the flange of the wheel is), not on the outside as shown in the movie.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Darcy Colson: [to her son] Hey, hey! Come give me a kiss. Be good.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.22 (2010)

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Soundtracks

"DRIVING MY YOUNG LIFE AWAY"
Written and Performed by Wayne Hancock
Courtesy of Bloodshot Records
By Arrangement with DePugh Music

User Reviews

An unstoppable ride

This film is about the attempts to stop an unmanned train full of dangerous chemicals travelling at high speed, endangering the lives of thousands of people living along the tracks.

"Unstoppable" gets right to the point, action already starts ten minutes into the film. After that, the thrills get better and better. As a result, the film keeps you glued to the screen with increasing intensity.

Early on in the film, I wondered if there was enough to fill the screen time, but there was actually enough to make it action packed, without slow, pacing scenes to interrupt the action. "Unstoppable" is a good action film, relatively free from blood and violence which is rather rare for an action film these days.