A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. Nov 10, 2010 the freight train pulls out of a siding with no engineer on board and accelerates to 70 m. Denzel washington s frank, by contrast, is unfailingly virtuous and wise. Best supporting actor for the historical war drama film glory 1989 and best actor for his role as corrupt detective alonzo harris in the crime thriller training day 2001. Unstoppable, which is based on real events, is actually much simpler theres no real villain, just a mildly greedy train corporation and the train itself, less violent the body count stops at one, and funnier than previous scott washington outings suplee and a couple of other supporting actors provide muchneeded comic relief. What else is there to say about a runaway train movie. Look, for whatever reason, denzel washington and tony scott love to make movies. Denzel washington, chris pine, rosario dawson, ethan suplee. Watch 5 movie clips and check out new images from tony scotts unstoppable which stars chris pine, denzel washington and rosario dawson. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. Movies emily blunt and dwayne johnson share a series of neardeath experiences in new jungle cruise trailer.
Unstoppable is a surprisingly wellmade action movie. Unstoppable trailer a new guy chris pine and a knowitall denzel washington must run down and stop an unmanned chemical train with no brakes before it destroys an entire city. Tony scott directs this runaway train action thriller starring denzel washington, chris pine and rosario dawson. Denzel shines in actionpacked unstoppable linda cook. Hang on for the ride of your life as oscar winner denzel washington and chris pine star trek team up for the years most electrifying actionthriller. Meanwhile, in the stanton yard, veteran engineer frank barnes denzel washington and newbie conductor will colson, riding in 1206, try to stop the runaway train. Marysville man was inspiration for runaway train movie. In terms of sheer craftsmanship, this is a superb film. Denzel washington says fear factor was real on unstoppable.
Chris pine and denzel washington in runaway train action adventure unstoppable. All the actors in this one, did an amazing job pulling you into the movie. Denzel washington and chris pine work through an age difference to thwart a speeding train the size of the chrysler. Like in the movie, the train crew consisted of a 31 year veteran engineer, jess kowlton, and a conductor with only 1 year, terry forson. Chris pine does a good supporting role here too as a rookie trainee out for what he thought was going to be an unasuming day learning the ropes of driving a train from old hand denzel. The conductor in the chase loco had to leave the cab on the walkway to watch for a solid couple and signal the driver. This movie with this out of control train carrying chemicals had me on the edge of my seat.
However, the execution is nothing short of flawless. Tony scott, with his customary kinetic style, assembles a poundingly effective runaway. The plot involves a runaway train which everyone in the movie inexplicably treats like a nuclear bomb and a plan to stop it by chasing it down with denzel washington s train. The movie opens on the day frank finds himself partnered with a new. Denzel washington and tony scott pair up again for a runaway train logistical rollercoaster ride. Twentieth century fox denzel washington, right, and chris pine play engineers trying to halt a runaway train in the new film unstoppable, based on a true incident that occurred in ohio in 2001. Only the chase loco crew had any excitement as did the crewman who jumped on the lead loco when it was running slow enough. Movies denzel washington says fear factor was real on unstoppable yeah, i ran on top of the trains, oscar winner tells mtv news about doing dangerous stunts on runaway train thriller. Denzel washington, chris pine and rosario dawson star in the action thriller. Thats exactly what you have with unstoppable, which stars denzel washington and chris pine in an exciting, heroic movie about a runaway train. Denzel washington and director tony scott teamed up for the fifth and last time for the action thriller about a runaway train loaded with dangerous cargo headed toward disaster. Denzel washington must love playing a train conductor. Oscarwinner denzel washington and star treks chris pine team with action maestro tony scott in this nonstop thriller. The movie opens on a bright crisp morning in pennsylvania.
Watch unstoppable movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Unstoppable was expected to take in about the same amount of money as the taking of pelham 123, another tony scott film involving an outofcontrol train starring denzel washington. Chris pine costarred in the film, which was written by dawn of the planet of the apes and the wolverine screenwriter mark bomback. Starring chris pine and denzel washington as a train. The film was the last film tony scott directed before his death. The film stars denzel washington and chris pine as an engineer and an conductor who must stop a runaway train. The first trailer for this runaway train movie has been released. Denzel washington plays a railway veteran assigned to show the new guy on the.
A veteran engineer washington and a young conductor pine, aboard another train in the runaways path, devise. The two main actors washington and pine are absolutely brilliant. A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on stanton, pennsylvania, and proves to be unstoppable until a veteran engineer and young conductor risk their lives to try and stop it with a switch engine. Nov 16, 2010 one id argue belongs on this list, perhaps in the place of one of the borderline runaway train movies youve included in order to get your 10, is a now nearly forgotten 1973 tv movie runaway. Home forums model railroad hobbyist magazine mrh magazine general discussion denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable mon, 20100809 04. Was the movie unstoppable 2010 based on a true story. The story centers on two locomotive operators who team up to stop a runaway train filled with explosives. Runaway train thriller is more suspenseful than violent. Unstoppable trailer a new guy chris pine and a knowitall denzel washington must run down and stop an unmanned chemical train with. However, triple 7, which is carrying a cargo of 30,000 gallons of molten phenol, a toxic chemical, gets loose and heads down the track with no one at the controls. Denzel washington at an event for unstoppable 2010 chris pine in. He can gauge the sum length of 25 train carriages at a glance, and his predictions on other railrelated matters are. If you are a filmmaker, a movie about a runaway train must be an easy sell.
Unstoppable movie poster denzel washington chris pine. Unstoppable is a summer movie action blockbuster released in a winter spot that doesnt pause for a breath as it picks up steam, and most likely you wont either. Mar 18, 2017 denzel washington and director tony scott teamed up for the fifth and last time for the action thriller about a runaway train loaded with dangerous cargo headed toward disaster. Hang on for the ride of your life as oscarr winner denzel washington and chris pine star trek team up for the years most electrifying actionthriller. Nov 28, 20 unstoppable movie trailer, cast, plot, bluray and dvd features. Oct 23, 2010 watch 5 movie clips and check out new images from tony scotts unstoppable which stars chris pine, denzel washington and rosario dawson. Five new clips has been released from unstoppable, the latest adrenalinefueled action romp directed by tony scott and starring denzel washington. Of course, whenever you also have a speeding train thats out of control, youve got a great setup for a spectacular movie. Unstoppable 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. You may know unstoppable not by its title, but as that runaway train movie with denzel and that guy who played captain kirk, and thats probably as it should be. Frank is irritated that will is one of the young turks replacing veterans like frank whore being forced to retire to save money.
The taking of pelham 23 features the plot of walter garber denzel washington dramatically having his life changed when ryder a. On the day a slobbylooking train driver gets careless with safety standards, an inexperienced newbie rail conductor, will colson, is paired with experienced old hand frank barnes denzel washington and a class of schoolkids boards a train for a railway safety campaign, what could possibly go wrong. Frank denzel washington learn that a runaway locomotive carrying. Watch unstoppable online stream full movie directv. A veteran engineer washington and a young conductor pine, aboard another train in the runaway s path, devise. Crimson tide is the first of several movies to prove that denzel washington plus. Chris pine costarred in the film, which was written by dawn of the planet of. It was, though the movie was not realistic in its representation of what happened. Then the driver had to slow the freight and not break a coupler. The soundtrack is awesome, alternating between horrormovie synth, emotionladen classical piano, and pure industrial drumandbass. A veteran engineer washington and a young conductor pine. Denzel washington leads the desperate race to stop a runaway freight train carrying a full load of toxic explosives. Jump ahead to the present and washington is still having transportation issues in this years unstoppable just over four minutes of footage from unstoppable is now online and it offers us a better look at the runaway train thriller, which also stars.
Theyre 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. Also as in the movie, the rescue locomotive was another sd402. In this film publicity image released by 20th century fox, chris pine, left, and denzel washington are shown in a scene from unstoppable. Even though we already have a list of the top 10 trains in movies, i thought it would be fun to take a look at a more specific kind of movie. Unstoppable stars denzel washington as frank barnes, a grizzled train engineer paired with a young conductor, will colson. Theres not a lot of them, so its padded a bit to include some that have just one memorable scene, but heres my list of the top 10 runaway train movies, inspired by. 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 wills small pennsylvania hometown, where his wife and child live. Armed men hijack a new york city subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary days work for dispatcher walter garber into a faceoff with the mastermind behind the crime.
Tony scott is great at directing tense, edgeofyourseat moments, and he doesnt fail his audience in unstoppable, the latest denzel washington movie, which is about a runaway train and the. Denzel washington plays a railway veteran assigned to show the new guy on the job pine the ropes. Kirk cameron returns to movie theaters september 24 for onenight only with a personal and inspiring journey of faith and hope. Chris pine, star treks new captain kirk, will next be seen in the action movie unstoppable, costarring with denzel washington. A massive unmanned locomotive, nicknamed the beast and loaded with toxic. Denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable model. Denzel washington had to stop a train hijacked by john travolta and his menacing walrus goatee in the 2009 remake of the taking of pelham 123. Unstoppable is a 2010 american action thriller film directed and produced by tony scott and starring denzel washington and chris pine. Although the title of tony scotts unstoppable refers to a runaway train. Denzel washington and chris pine chug into theaters this weekend in tony scotts runawaytrain thriller, unstoppable. Suspense and action movies fall into all kinds of strange little subcategories. In this action thriller from director tony scott, rookie train operator will. Aside from the references to pittsburgh in the movie, most of the small towns and even larger. Is the movie unstoppable starring denzel washington and chris pine, and directed by tony scott based on true events.
Theres not much to be said about the plot its a runaway train movie. Experienced train engineer frank barnes washington finds himself teamed up with young conductor will colson pine in a frantic race against time when an unmanned, halfmile long runaway train carrying a cargo of lethal toxic chemicals cuts loose and threatens to wipe out an entire. Take a closer look at the various roles denzel washington has played throughout his acting career. Although the title of tony scotts unstoppable refers to a runaway train headed. Ive yet to see denzel washington in a bad movie and here again he holds you to the screen. The freight train pulls out of a siding with no engineer on board and accelerates to 70 m. Watch saturday night live highlight unstoppable trailer on. The movie is as relentless as the train, slowly gathering momentum before a relentless final hour of continuous suspense. It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it. Watch the full length movie of unstoppable online or on the fios mobile app.
He has received two golden globe awards, one tony award, and two academy awards. With denzel washington, john travolta, luis guzman, victor gojcaj. Unstoppable 2010 denzel washington movie trailer, dvd. With denzel washington, chris pine, rosario dawson, ethan suplee. A northbound train pulled onto a siding to let the runaway pass, and then the locomotive of this train was tasked with slowing the runaway down.
In unstoppable, denzel washington and chris pine try to stop a. Aug 06, 2010 the plot involves a runaway train which everyone in the movie inexplicably treats like a nuclear bomb and a plan to stop it by chasing it down with denzel washingtons train. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing unstoppable 2010 near you. This movie started off building up the story line and you just think its going to be about a runaway train, not exciting, but wrong. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online. Contact info view agent, publicist, legal on imdbpro denzel washington imdb supercut. 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. A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on scranton, pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it. Nov 12, 2010 denzel washington and chris pine chug into theaters this weekend in tony scotts runawaytrain thriller, unstoppable. The movie poster for tony scotts action film unstoppable has gone online. Mar 08, 20 oscarwinner denzel washington and star treks chris pine team with action maestro tony scott in this nonstop thriller.
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