Sounds promising…Tony Scott directed Denzel Washington in the Taking of Pelham 123, and that was a fine, innovative remake, I thought. Film critic Morgenstern writes:
Who knew that Unstoppable would be sensational? Talk about well-kept— and welcome—surprises. Tony Scott’s latest thriller turns out to be pure cinema in the classic sense of the term. It’s a motion picture about motion, an action symphony that gives new meaning to the notion of a one-track mind.
Denzel Washington and Chris Pine race to stop a locomotive loaded with toxic cargo in this action movie directed by Tony Scott.
The premise is simple to the point of primal—a runaway freight train hurtling through Pennsylvania with a load of lethal chemicals and no one in the locomotive. On the same track, heading toward it, is another freight train pulled by a locomotive with the movie’s co-stars at the controls: Denzel Washington is the veteran engineer, and Chris Pine is the rookie conductor….
Via Unstoppable, Client 9, Morning Glory | Film Reviews by Joe Morgenstern – WSJ.com.