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Unstoppable


The critical consensus

Unstoppable is a fast and furious popcorn movie, but ultimately adds up to little more than an expensive thrill ride.

**(*)(*)(*)Eddie Harrison, The List, 16/11/2010

Washington is arguably the only star who could pull off such a cheeseball character, and to this end, he's complemented by Scott, whose refusal to let the film's alleged true-life inspiration impinge on his instinct for the ridiculous is almost to be commended.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 20/11/2010

It's a fun ride that stays on track even as a zillion implausibilities flash past.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 23/11/2010

It’s a solid setup for an old fashioned disaster movie that may not quite have the momentum of a runaway train, but that provides enough goofy fun in enough places.

Paul Greenwood, Evening Times, 25/11/2010

The picture speeds by in a blur of action, keeping you hooked as the stakes rise.

****(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 26/11/2010

It is a delirium tremens, garish and tremendous, executed on the garage floor, or in this case shunting yard, of the populist imagination.

****(*)Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, 24/11/2010

As this strangely dull story headed for the buffers, the forces dragging my eyelids south were unstoppable.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 25/11/2010

Unstoppable takes on the job of delivering escapist entertainment and gets it done.

****(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 25/11/2010

Exists in a satisfying zone between simplicity, laser-targeted technical proficiency, and giddy dumbness.

****(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 25/11/2010

It's big, brash and brutish but Tony Scott's new action adventure delivers a short, sharp jolt of adrenalin with almost clinical efficiency.

****(*)David Edwards, Daily Record, 26/11/2010

It's predictable but plausible and exciting.

Philip French, The Observer, 28/11/2010

Unstoppable does what it announces at the platform: hurtles you on a journey to blissfully brainless thrill-ville. Bombastic, cheesy, awesome, it’s Tony Scott back on his game.

****(*)Tony Horkins, Total Film, 01/12/2010


Features about Unstoppable

Denzel Washington is still an Unstoppable force

Alison Rowat, The Herald, 22/11/2010

Unstoppable: Disaster movies that are a runaway success

Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 24/11/2010

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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