Unstoppable is a fast and furious popcorn movie, but ultimately adds up to little more than an expensive thrill ride.
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.
It's a fun ride that stays on track even as a zillion implausibilities flash past.
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.
The picture speeds by in a blur of action, keeping you hooked as the stakes rise.
It is a delirium tremens, garish and tremendous, executed on the garage floor, or in this case shunting yard, of the populist imagination.
As this strangely dull story headed for the buffers, the forces dragging my eyelids south were unstoppable.
Unstoppable takes on the job of delivering escapist entertainment and gets it done.
Exists in a satisfying zone between simplicity, laser-targeted technical proficiency, and giddy dumbness.
Unspeakable, more like.
It's big, brash and brutish but Tony Scott's new action adventure delivers a short, sharp jolt of adrenalin with almost clinical efficiency.
It's predictable but plausible and exciting.
Unstoppable is a non-starter.
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.
Denzel Washington is still an Unstoppable force
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