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Genre | Action & Adventure/Thrillers, Action & Adventure |
Format | AC-3, Dolby, Color, Multiple Formats, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Denzel Washington, Tony Scott, Chris Pine |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 38 minutes |
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Hang on for the ride of your life as Oscar® Winner Denzel Washington and Chris Pine (Star Trek) team up for the year’s most electrifying action-thriller. A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer (Washington) and a young conductor (Pine). 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. Helmed by visionary director Tony Scott (Man on Fire), this story inspired by true events delivers excitement and suspense that are — unstoppable!
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Orson Welles once said that directing a movie was like playing with the greatest toy train set in the world, and Tony Scott seems to be taking him literally. With the caboose of Scott's Taking of Pelham 123 barely in the distance, the filmmaker turned to Unstoppable, a train-chase picture loosely inspired by a true story (and perhaps just a smidgen by Runaway Train, the 1985 film based on an Akira Kurosawa script). At a Pennsylvania rail yard, some clueless workers let an unmanned train get loose, and the thing is soon hurtling across the countryside. Did we mention that it's pulling a few cars' worth of highly toxic material? Did you doubt it would be? Meanwhile, old-time engineer Denzel Washington and new conductor Chris Pine are making a routine run nearby--of course, in the movies, a routine run almost always turns into something wild. This odd couple is the only hope for stopping the runaway, while upper management dithers and an operations-room dispatcher (Rosario Dawson) spends most of the movie talking into her headset. Scott is an unabashed manipulator, and he yanks all the strings at his disposal for this whipped-up pageant: song cues, hype-filled reaction shots, stunts aplenty. It's all so aggressive, it makes you wish the exciting story could be allowed to tell itself. But the pulse does quicken, if you can turn your mind off for a while. And although it's faint praise, the movie is undeniably better than Pelham 123. --Robert Horton
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.6 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches; 1.92 ounces
- Item model number : 2271660
- Director : Tony Scott
- Media Format : AC-3, Dolby, Color, Multiple Formats, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 38 minutes
- Release date : February 15, 2011
- Actors : Chris Pine, Denzel Washington
- Dubbed: : French, Spanish
- Subtitles: : French, English, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B002ZG99TA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,040 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #420 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2025Quality.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2025Based on a true story, this is a great movie, that takes those watching into a thrill ride that is intense,. The show also shows the background of those involved in the train. well done
- Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2025Great movie
- Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2011Having been a railfan for most of my life, I was intrigued when I saw the previews of this movie back in the fall. Having seen it on the big screen I was simply amazed at the thrill-ride I was on for 1 hr and 38 min. I know this movie is based on real-life events, though they were overexemplified in the movie simply because, well it was made to make money for the motion picture industry. You have 2 morons at the beginning of the movie who look like they belong anywhere but working in a rail yard, especially Ethan Suplee who hops out of the cab of a high-power locomotive attached to a consist of 39 cars while it is in motion, even though his co-worker warns him the air hoses are not attached, rendering the air brakes useless to stop the train!! Then you flash to a rookie conductor (Chris Pine) and a veteran engineer (Denzel Washington) whom are out on a routine day of hauling cargo. From there on out it is non-stop action. I have to admit that some of the scenes were rather ridiculous, if not entertaining and hold-your-breath types, such as the one where the lashup (2 locomotives connected together to haul heavier consists) driven by another veteran engineer (David Warshofsky) derails and explodes after 777 bumps it as it goes into the siding and also where the (what were they thinking?) young Afghanistan veteran is lowered from the helicopter onto the fast moving locomotive and gets knocked off when 777 hits the lashup hard. After that it is nuts with the drama and suspense as Pine and Washington try to speed up and couple their lone locomotive to a 41-unit train with 2 much more powerful locomotives in full throttle, how did they ever think they were going to be able to stop a 70-plus mph train with one older, well-used locomotive? Rosario Dawson did lend a very good performance in her role as yardmaster and communicating and connecting with Pine and Washington during their daring chase.
I will admit I was on the edge of my seat in the theater when this was released in November and eagerly awaited the DVD release, though I have to admit it isn't quite as riveting on a TV screen as it is in a theater. The ending was a bit of a letdown as it just simply ended and with no air brakes I don't see how Chris Pine could have braked that 75-mph train in a very short distance. The one nice plus is he reunited with his estranged wife and child. Guess it takes a near death tragedy to bring a couple back together...
All in all, a great movie worth watching for a thrill ride. Think I saw it 4 times in the theater.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2024Good movie and good for date night
- Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019No magical super heroes here, just working class railroad guys who risk their lives to stop a runaway train carrying flammable, toxic fuel that's headed for a dangerous elevated track in a Pennsylvania town. The train is number 777, going 75 mph with no engineer. The train is sure to derail, and hundreds will be killed.
Director Tony Scott is known for action and disaster films that have lots of breathtaking special effects but often leave something to be desired in terms of character development and story. No so here. Denzel Washington and Chris Pine play an engineer and conductor respectively, Denzel being a 28 year railroad veteran and Pine being a new young guy with only four months of experience. They're both family men. We get to know them well. We care about them, and that's what fuels the suspense.
Trains are big, powerful and scary, and we get plenty of scenes of 777 barrelling through railroad crossings and crashing into all kinds of stuff (including a horse trailer. Thankfully, the horses got out in the nick of time). And Scott uses real trains, not fakey CGI. All very thrilling, but it's the characters and the story that keep us interested.
Washington has been in some films that weren't so great. But has he ever turned in a bad performance? Nope. He's one of the most reliable, dedicated actors of our time. He takes his work seriously. Chris Pine is equally convincing.
You can't possibly watch this film without remembering the classic 1986 film _Runaway Train_ written by the legendary director Akira Kurosawa. _Unstoppable_ has one scene at the end that pays tribute to that fim, when Washington is standing atop of a railroad car with both arms upraised in victory, exactly as Jon Voight did at the end of _Runaway Train_.
_Runaway Train_ had a message about an escaped convict doing the honorable thing. In this film, working class people do the honorable thing. The corporate railroad executives are portrayed as unconscionable jerks. They call a meeting as the potential disaster is going on, and the main topic is how much their stock will be devalued if there is a crash and "collateral damage."
This is one of the best films of 2010, not just because of the amazing scenes, but because it's about real everyday people saving lives, not for heroism or accolades, but because it's the right thing to do. Inspiring. And no big spoiler: The ending is triumphant.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2025Great movie, love it.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024Great movie, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!
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JCDReviewed in France on February 2, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Superbe histoire menée à train d'enfer (c'est le cas de le dire !)
Unstoppable, c'est une intrigue simple, surprenante et très efficace, basée sur une histoire vraie, qui a donné lieu à un film d'actions de 100 mn, où nous nous trouvons rapidement embarqué dans une aventure haletante, au rythme effréné d'une course poursuite originale, puisqu'il s'agit de rattraper un train fou qui roule à vive allure sans mécanicien, déclenchant un enchaînement de péripéties qui, de bout en bout de cette affaire, ne laissent aucun répit au spectateur pour détacher ses yeux de l'écran. Personnellement, j'ai été captivé.
Le sujet : Suite à une incroyable erreur humaine, un train (nom de code "777") est à la dérive (sans conducteur). En plus des 20000 litres de carburants contenus dans les réservoirs de la motrice, le "Triple 7" transporte à plus de 120 km/h plusieurs citernes chimiques d'un produit extrêmement inflammable. Il roule à contre-sens sur la voie principale, où circulent d'autres trains (un train scolaire et celui de nos héros). Ces convois doivent être mis en sécurité in extrémiste sur des voies de garage. Le train fou traverse à très grande vitesse les zones rurales puis urbaines de la Pennsylvanie, avec en ligne de mire la ville de Stanton (752 000 habitants !), où il doit nécessairement franchir un virage très serré sur le viaduc ferroviaire surplombant la zone industrielle d'hydrocarbure de la ville (courbe de classe 2 dont la vitesse est limitée à 25 km/h). Dans ces conditions, le déraillement paraît quasiment inéluctable, ce qui provoquerait la pire catastrophe de l'histoire de l'Etat.
Au terme de plusieurs tentatives infructueuses et au combien spectaculaires pour stopper la machine infernale, le thème du film se concentre sur l'intervention de deux cheminots qui, au péril de leur vie et au mépris des ordres de leur hiérarchie qui leur ordonne de ne rien faire, vont tout mettre en œuvre pour éviter cette catastrophe. Ce duo de choc composé d'un mécanicien chevronné, à 3 semaines d'une retraite forcée : Denzel Washington alias Frank Barnes, et d'un jeune fraîchement sorti de l'école de formation : Chris Pine alias Will Colson (2 magnifiques acteurs qui jouent remarquablement bien leur rôle dans des conditions qui semblent difficiles), vont s'apprivoiser l'un et l'autre, pour mettre en commun leur expérience et leur capacité pour inverser le cours des événements.
Cette histoire est racontée à un train d'enfer (c'est le cas de le dire), avec des prises de vue ahurissantes, rapides, saccadées, dans tous les sens, en haut, en bas, depuis le ciel avec un incroyable ballet d'hélicoptères avec des pilotes à mon avis suicidaires (!), au plus proches du terrain, des voies, du matériel, des personnages, de l'action. On se croirait presque par moment dans un film documentaire, sachant que de nombreuses prises de vue sont présentées en images TV prises par les hélicoptères des chaines de télévision.
Les cascades et les effets spéciaux sont époustouflantes. Il me semble que les sensations sont amplifiée par le fait que l'action se déroule en présence d'énormes locomotives américaines très impressionnantes, rendant encore plus spectaculaires les déraillements, les accidents, les explosions, etc...
A l'intérieur de cette aventure trépidante et de ses phases de suspenses, quelques instants furtifs pour souffler un peu avec des moments d'échanges entre les deux héros qui font progressivement connaissance, parlent de leur vie et de leurs problèmes personnels, trouvant auprès de l'autre de l'écoute et des conseils. Une amitié nait de cette épreuve.
Il y a de beaux sentiments et quel "incroyable" spectacle. Je conseille aux amateurs de films catastrophes.
- mary burchillReviewed in Canada on March 10, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars perfect
perfect
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APB- GirlReviewed in Germany on February 7, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars " ENTWISCHT?!! Es ist ein ZUG- kein Streifenhörnchen!!!! "
Und wieder mal ein Spitzenfilm aus dem Genre rasante Action!
Spannend, dramatisch nervenaufreibend, durchaus realitätsnah,
und ein perfekter Adrenalinkick! Garantiert!
Denn über die Sicherheit der Eisenbahn lässt sich gut streiten.
Meistens ist es menschliches Versagen. So auch hier- Nachlässigkeit!
gehört fast immer dazu, ist Auslöser für zahllose Katastrophen.
Und es gibt auch noch eine andere Variante menschlichen Versagens.
Man sehe sich nur die ein bis drei- Sterne- Bewertungen zu UNSTOPPABLE an.
Da stören sich unsere lieben Mitmenschen tatsächlich daran, wenn in einem
Action- Knaller `ne Story vorhanden ist. Wie dumm, wie peinlich. Joah....
Probleme der Darsteller gehören da doch nicht rein. Pfui- oder wie?
Tja, manchen " Cineasten " reicht eben schon genug bumbum, crash, und aus.
DVD rein, glotzen, sich weiter überhaupt keine Gedanken machen.;-))
Schauspieler, Synchro + Dialoge PERFEKT!
Kameraführung + Akustik GENIAL!
Bildschärfe + Farbe BRILLIANT!
Zug 777 hält nicht nur das ganze Personal auf Trab. Nein, geschätzte Rezi-
Leser, DIESER Zug WIRD euch in seinen stählernen Bann ziehen!
Er wird euch ein weiteres Mal beweisen, wie explosiv und nervenreibend irre
der Kampf Mensch gegen Maschine sein kann.
Dieser Höllenzug wird euch mit voller Fahrt erwischen.
Eure Nerven vibrieren lassen. Euch fix und fertig machen.
Gute Fahrt!
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Story:
Durch die Fahrlässigkeit eines unachtsamen Lokführers rast Zug 777,
beladen mit hochgiftigen Chemikalien, mit fast 100km/h durch Pennsylvania.
Von einer Kleinstadt durch die nächste. Unaufhaltsam.
Eine Umweltkatastrophe mit über 100.000 Toten droht.
Auf derselben Strecke sind auch Lokführer Frank Barnes( Denzel Washington )
und sein jüngerer Kollege Will Colson ( Chris Pine ) unterwegs.
Die ungleichen Männer fassen einen waghalsigen, lebensgefährlichen Entschluss,
um die rollende Bombe zu stoppen. Ein schier aussichtsloses Unterfangen.....
ein dramatischer Wettlauf mit der Zeit...........
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Fazit:
Der Highspeed- Thriller UNSTOPPABLE lähmt den Griff zur Chipstüte.
Dieser RUNAWAY- Train verbreitet Angst, Schrecken und eine unvergessliche
BOMBENstimmung!!
Dagegen kommt mir SPEED wie Ringelpitz mit Anfassen vor.
So hört bitte nicht auf die Leutchen, die hier meinen, mal wieder einen echt guten
Knallerfilm ZERreissen und platt machen zu müssen. Aus was für Ambitionen heraus auch immer.
Action- Freaks werden ihrem Anspruch hier gerecht. Und voll auf ihre Kosten kommen.
( Und so teuer ist der Film ja nun auch nicht.)
Meine Meinung.
Und das funktioniert sogar ohne Arnie, Robo- Cop und Co. Ein BlockBUSTER.......
der Extraklasse.
Springt auf. Das 4500 Tonnen schwere und 8OO Meter lange Ungetüm kann es kaum erwarten.
Bei Risiken und Nebenwirkungen hilft diesmal kein Arzt.
:o)
FÜNF Sterne sind viel zu wenig für UNSTOPPABLE.
HOCHSPANNUNG bis zum Schluss. Und von Anfang an.
ERSTKLASSIGE real gemachte Action- Szenen!!
UND eine kleine, rührseelige Liebesgeschichte!
ÜBER NEUNZIG MINUTEN!
ABSOLUTE Kaufempfehlung!!
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Amazon CustomerReviewed in Belgium on December 30, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Film
Je suis très satisfait merci amazone
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須河一Reviewed in Japan on February 24, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars 実際に爆走させた機関車はスリル満点だ
実話を元に作られた作品です。スタント無し、CG無しの大変迫力満点な映像なので、見飽きる事が無い映画です