Unstoppable train movie train movie, denzel washington, actor. Oscarwinner denzel washington and star treks chris pine team with action maestro tony scott in this nonstop thriller. The team of denzel and tony found another hit in the runaway train movie unstoppable, now available on bluray and dvd, which was actually scotts highest domestic box office success in 12. Frank denzel washington learn that a runaway locomotive carrying. The movie is as relentless as the train, slowly gathering momentum before a relentless final hour of continuous suspense. A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down. Denzel washington becomes unstoppable for runaway train pic. Unstoppable movie clips and new images starring chris pine. In the station yard, a yard master named connie hooper rosario dawson is in charge of dispatch and operations. With denzel washington, chris pine, rosario dawson, ethan suplee.
Even though washington was wired as a safety precaution, the leaps. Unstoppable is a 2010 american action thriller film directed and produced by tony scott and starring denzel washington and chris pine. It is loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, telling the story of a runaway freight train and the two men who attempt to stop it. With denzel washington, john travolta, luis guzman, victor gojcaj.
Was the movie unstoppable 2010 based on a true story. Aug 06, 2010 the plot involves a runaway train which everyone in the movie inexplicably treats like a nuclear bomb and a plan to stop it by chasing it down with denzel washingtons train. Later that year, he starred as a veteran railroad engineer in the action film unstoppable 2010, about an unmanned, halfmilelong runaway freight train carrying dangerous cargo. The general 1926 and andrei konchalovskys runaway train 1985. Washington and pine, on another train, are the last resort if a violent explosion of a highly combustible cargo in a populated area, is to be avoided. Denzel washington, star of the equalizer 2, looks back on four of his bestknown movies including training day, malcolm x, the book of eli, and fences. Oprah, denzel on politics and film oprah winfrey and denzel washington team up in the great debaters. Will colson is starting a new job as a train conductor for. Experienced train engineer frank barnes washington finds himself teamed up with young conductor will colson pine in a frantic race against time when an unmanned, halfmile long runaway train carrying a cargo of lethal toxic chemicals cuts loose and threatens to wipe out an. This movie started off building up the story line and you just think its going to be about a runaway train, not exciting, but wrong.
A year after saving the new york subway in the taking of pelham 1 2 3, washingtons reteaming with director tony scott to save us all in. Theyre chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a. The film was released in the united states and canada on november 12, 2010. In the railroads corporate offices, an executive is concerned mostly about the cost of losing the train, which. Denzel shines in actionpacked unstoppable linda cook. Denzel washington is the train driver n chris pine is the green conductor they r the main players. This would be the fifth film for washington and scott, and the duo. Hang on for the ride of your life as oscar winner denzel washington and chris pine star trek team up for the years most electrifying actionthriller. Jun 23, 2014 in this action thriller from director tony scott, rookie train operator will chris pine and grizzled veteran engineer frank denzel washington learn that a runaway locomotive carrying carloads of dangerous chemicals is headed for wills small pennsylvania hometown, where his wife and child live. A selfconfessed acrophobic, denzel washington reluctantly performed the stunts where actually he runs along the top of the speeding train. In this action thriller from director tony scott, rookie train operator will chris pine. Two track engineers who r basicley lazy beggers get a39car train going without connecting the brakes. Jan 09, 2012 unstoppable trailer a new guy chris pine and a knowitall denzel washington must run down and stop an unmanned chemical train with no brakes before it destroys an entire city. Jump ahead to the present and washington is still having transportation issues in this years unstoppable.
Denzel washington, chris pine, rosario dawson, ethan suplee. Theyre chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town. Jul 30, 2017 the film stars denzel washington and chris pine. Tv shows2020 movies cool postersfilm postersactor denzel washingtontrain movierunaway train. The screenplay by djordje milicevic, paul zindel and edward bunker was based on an original screenplay by akira kurosawa, with uncredited contributions by frequent kurosawa collaborators hideo oguni and ryuzo kikushima.
What made the stunt even more hazardous was the fact that the train was empty, thus causing the individual cars to rock more violently. Oct 25, 2010 denzel washington had to stop a train hijacked by john travolta and his menacing walrus goatee in the 2009 remake of the taking of pelham 123. A runaway train is heading straight towards some sort of builtup area and 150 adorable schoolchildren and a horse. In 2010, washington headlined the book of eli 2010, a postapocalyptic drama. Is a movie about a train with no one on it exciting. Marysville man was inspiration for runaway train movie. Unstoppable star denzel washington back on track with runaway. Nov 07, 2010 the best blue collar action movie in who knows how long, this tense, narrowly focused thriller about a runaway train has a lean, pure simplicity to it that is satisfying in and of itself.
Denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable. Nov 16, 2010 one id argue belongs on this list, perhaps in the place of one of the borderline runaway train movies youve included in order to get your 10, is a now nearly forgotten 1973 tv movie runaway. Denzel washington stars in unstoppable video abc news. Only the chase loco crew had any excitement as did the crewman who jumped on the lead loco when it was running slow enough. Tony scott directs this runaway train action thriller starring denzel washington, chris pine and rosario dawson. A massive unmanned locomotive, nicknamed the beast and loaded with toxic. Denzel washington plays a railway veteran assigned to show the new guy on the. The collaborations between the late tony scott and denzel washington were not going to set the world on fire. The movie is as relentless as the train, slowly gathering momentum before a. Denzel washington becomes unstoppable for runaway train.
News of the runaway soon draws ongoing media coverage. Schon 1985 erschien mit runaway train ein film mit ahnlicher thematik. The film is inspired by the crazy eights unmanned train incident in 2001. Twentieth century fox denzel washington, right, and chris pine play engineers trying to halt a runaway train in the new film unstoppable, based on a true incident that occurred in ohio in 2001. Unstoppable is a 2010 american action thriller film directed and produced by tony scott and starring denzel washington. Nov 27, 2010 chris pine and denzel washington in runaway train action adventure unstoppable. Tony scott is great at directing tense, edgeofyourseat moments, and he doesnt fail his audience in unstoppable, the latest denzel washington movie, which is about a runaway train and the. Chris pine costarred in the film, which was written by dawn of the planet of the apes and the wolverine screenwriter mark bomback. In the cab of another train, a longtime engineer named barnes denzel washington is breaking in a new man, colson. The film was the last film tony scott directed before his death. Tony scott and denzel washingtons latest collaboration is pretty much the definition of high concept a runaway freight train loaded with thousands of gallons of diesel fuel, eight carriages of a highly toxic chemical and a worryingly curvy track ahead of it, versus two train operatives armed with little in the way of stopping impending disaster bar a onecar locomotive and their vivid imaginations. Sep 30, 2019 assorted other players are quite competent in support. Denzel washington must love playing a train conductor.
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on scranton, pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it. Denzel washington plays a railway veteran assigned to show the new guy on. The competence both behind the camera and on screen makes for thrilling films, and unstoppable is no different. Nov 17, 2010 unstoppable star denzel washington back on track with runaway train film in any poll of the worlds greatest actors, denzel washington s name will always pop up pretty near the top. A year after saving the new york subway in the taking of pelham 1 2 3, washington s reteaming with director tony scott to save us all in. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.
In terms of sheer craftsmanship, this is a superb film. Oscarwinner denzel washington and star treks chris pine team. Mar 18, 2017 denzel washington and director tony scott teamed up for the fifth and last time for the action thriller about a runaway train loaded with dangerous cargo headed toward disaster. Sep 14, 2015 it was, though the movie was not realistic in its representation of what happened. Then the driver had to slow the freight and not break a coupler.
Another night 2017 homosexualite et pop culture 2015 tinseltowns bombs and blockbusters 2006. Unstoppable 2010 film runaway train denzel washington. In this action thriller from director tony scott, rookie train operator will chris pine and grizzled veteran engineer frank denzel washington learn that a runaway locomotive carrying carloads. Denzel washington leads the desperate race to stop a runaway freight train carrying a full load of toxic explosives. Denzel washington in a new train movie unstoppable model. Rosario dawson has signed on to star alongside denzel washington and chris pine in tony scotts action drama unstoppable. Denzel washington as frank barnes, a veteran railroad engineer. This is a smashing film,keeps u glued u find yourself leaning when the trains nearly coming off the track. Denzel washington and chris pine chug into theaters this weekend in tony scott s runawaytrain thriller, unstoppable. Chris pine as will colson, a young train conductor. Aug 04, 2011 unstoppable original motion picture soundtrack licensed to youtube by. Unstoppable star denzel washington back on track with.
The film, loosely based on the reallife csx 8888 incident, tells the story of a runaway freight train and the two men washington and pine who attempt to stop it. Armed men hijack a new york city subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary days work for dispatcher walter garber into a faceoff with the mastermind behind the crime. Nov 11, 2010 the runaway train thriller unstoppable is one of his better films. Even if you resist scotts brand of visual storytelling, proudly and persistently derived from tv commercials, this one charges. Adrev for a 3rd party on behalf of fox film music corp. Adrev publishing, solar music rights management, bmi. Denzel washington and director tony scott teamed up for the fifth and last time for the action thriller about a runaway train loaded with. A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. Courtesy of twentieth century fox film corporation. Denzel washington and director tony scott teamed up for the fifth and last time for the action thriller about a runaway train loaded with dangerous cargo headed toward disaster. The unstoppable heroism of denzel washington film the. Denzel washington plays a railway veteran assigned to show the new guy on the job pine the ropes. Nov 12, 2010 denzel washington and chris pine chug into theaters this weekend in tony scotts runawaytrain thriller, unstoppable.
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