Unstoppable

 

                               So, this is probably the first time ever I felt ashamed in not watching a movie that was worth seeing from start to finish. Moreover, the first time I didn’t really sat down and appreciated any of the late great, Tony Scott's work. For a lot of you that haven't nor ever heard of Tony Scott he was the brother to Sir Ridley Scott complete opposites when it comes to filmmaking but both came out with some iconic movies that we all grew up watching and loving with his work, it included Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Man on Fire and True Romance for which help launch Quentin Tarantino's career into movie lore, furthermore did a lot of movie work with famous actors like Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington as well as Kevin Costner and Eddie Murphy. Unstoppable, was Scott's last film before he died in 2012 and without a doubt one of the biggest surprises and a movie, I felt ashamed in not watching the first it came out.

                              When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. The only hope of bringing the train to a safe stop is in the hands of a veteran engineer (Denzel Washington) and a young conductor (Chris Pine), who must risk their lives to save those in the runaway's path. Inspired by true events.

                              It really wasn't that it was a Tony Scott film or I would think that some of his films or okay-ish, although I've only seen Top Gun deep down I don't have a reason, but if I had to pick a reason as to why I haven't watched Unstoppable, was that I kind of had this movie pegged that this was basically and unstoppable train being death among us, a race against time and by end of the film everyone is okay, for which is a convenient way to describe the movie when you think about it. But the one scene that really convinced me that this movie was something of a special kind of suspenseful film, was when the pickup truck carrying two horses but is somewhat stopped and the train is coming by like a chaotic bull coming and me, I was just like oh my God, OH MY GOD, until there we're all save except the horse cargo, and I was like breathing a sigh of relief. And really when you think about it yeah a locomotive is a scary thing when it comes to carrying dangerous products, moreover when you're in the dangerous part of the railroad and have no way of getting out then you have to out of the way because you won't walk away from a train or locomotive, sure you can walk away from getting hit by a car but you sure as hell aren't going to walk away from getting hit by a train because every part of your body is going to be all over the road or the grass, and that's not pretty. I have to say Denzel Washington needs to make a trend of every action or suspense movie he's in, he needs to bully every annoying white actor like, I remember 2 Guns where he bullies Mark Wahlberg, and he was entertaining as always, and he does it great when it comes to Chris Pine. Speaking of Chris Pine, I always like him as an actor there are rare few times I look at a movie he was in I didn't think he was chewing the scenery way to much or just half ass'n it, and really it comes from either the romantic comedies he was in or the raunchy comedies or another great example Don't Worry Darling, but with movies like this he really pulls every emotion in his body of being a stick up is nose character at first and then understanding what he's been through is truly great and the same goes to Washington as well and the two of them make great chemistry on screen it's excellent to watch. Rosario Dawson was also excellent in the film, really pulling her weight in giving out a great supporting performance and she does its great hell my favorite movies that she was in were the first two Sin City films and one film noir Trance but will get to that in futures to come. Without a doubt, this was one of the most surprising films I've ever had the chance to just sit down and watch from start to finish, moreover it was based on actual events, plus it has a great premise a great list of actors moreover a great movie comprised by a great director in the late great Tony Scott for which was his last movie before his death which yes was sad, though when you watch the movie it's almost like a great send off to an underappreciated director.