Review of Unstoppable (2010) by Aerthos — 17 Nov 2010
Unstoppable is inevitably one of those films that will be undervalued because it is so succinctly a solid film with very little fluff.
The premise is very simple: there is a runaway freight train carrying hazardous chemicals set to derail in a heavily populated area and create a catastrophe. If you have seen the trailer, you have also met the three characters who play the largest roles--Frank (Denzel Washington), Will (Chris Pine), and Connie (Rosario Dawson). What you do not realize from the trailer is that these characters are fillers, they are superfluous--they are not even credited with having last names! (When was the last time that happened to leading characters in a November release?) The real star of the show is the TENSION, which is simple and doesn't pretend to have any kind of outrageous complexity to it, which also makes it feel much more real.
"Unstoppable" is succinct, and that is also the real beauty and what people will no doubt dislike about the film.
This review of Unstoppable (2010) was written by Aerthos on 17 Nov 2010.
Unstoppable has generally received positive reviews.
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