Unstoppable

Director Tony Scott once again teams up with his favourite actor and once again they both go playing with a train set.

Tony Scott has not been one of my favourite directors of late. He has been using the same visual style which is fine for a few films but gets rather annoying after a while. It is not so bad in this film which is good. The story and plot are pretty simple. You know pretty much where it is going the whole time. The characters are not very complex. While there is some back story it is quite thin. The main character in the film is the train. Despite all this it is still a really thrilling movie. I found it to be quite tense towards the end.

I'm really surprised that Tony was able to talk Denzel into doing this film. Denzel usually does films with characters that have a lot more depth. He has nothing to work with here and is only human ballast for the runaway train. He spends the entire film in a train compartment. He does a good job of it though. Chris Pine too works well with the little scope given to his character as well.

An excellent and fun action thriller. Just do not expect much by way of character. This film is all about the train.