I was expecting at least an interesting "blockbuster movie experience" but this film ended up with mostly the wise old codger (Denzel) proving over and over how experienced he was with the young buck (Pine) learning that maybe he didn't know it all along the way, snore. The corporate types are shown as idiots, of course, and there are constantly multiple helicopters flying about 6 feet away from the train and each other, both of those are totally believable. Even how it starts is ridiculous. Disconnect the brakes, put the engine at full throttle, jump out and then don't tell anyone or ask for help until is it long gone that this might be a little teeny weeny problem. You almost knew to the second what was going to happen when, including the train just barely hanging on in the treacherous curve that they had been talking about for almost the entire movie. You even that it would go up on two wheels in that scene before it happened. WAY too many lame attempts to (unsuccessfully) generate drama and suspense. Fuel storage tanks surrounding the dangerous curve? Sure, why not? I am disappointed that they didn't put a nuclear power plant there with a big target for the most vulnerable spot to hit with a train. I also agree with other reviewers that I have never seen hundreds of cops show up and make so many road blocks nearly instantaneously in the middle of nowhere like that, they didn't need to show a dozen of them for the movie. Believe it or not, showing a roadblock as a train goes by is NOT that exciting, Tony Scott. If you want to have your intelligence insulted by an action movie with very little actual excitement, then this is your ticket.
Review of Unstoppable
