Unstoppable

What: Unstoppable
Where: Coventry Showcase
Who: Me, Alex and Mark
When: Friday November 26th 2010, 7:15pm

Unstoppable is the fifth film that brings together Denzil Washington with Direcotr Tony Scott and the fifth time that there collaboration has produced a more than adequate film.

There are a few stars in Hollywood that you can usually rely on. If they are going to take on a role it’s pretty much a banker that a more than decent film will come out of it. Denzil Washington is one of these stars and with this film he doesn’t disappoint.

Unstoppable tells the true story of a runaway freight train running rampage through the south Pennsylvania railroad. It is an action film but it is also a heavily focused character piece following the burgeoning relationship between Denzil’s wizened old-school trainyard veteran Frank and Chris Pines fresh faced college graduate Will as they are forced together and eventually forced to make some tough decisions about life and death.

Everything about this film says that it shouldn’t work, how much life can you get out of an unmanned train running through the picturesque Pennsylvania countryside but the fact is this is constantly exciting and very gripping. You really feel for the characters when every effort they make to stop the train fails and by the time the inevitable ending comes around you feel like you have gone through every emotion with the characters.

Denzil is of course outstanding in this as he always is. I can’t really pick a standout performance from the rest of the cast because everyone does there job and they are all very talented individuals.

Overall this film is a more than adequate action film that is entertaining and very fast paced and it is also a great showcase of talented actors telling a good well written story.

8/10