A Monster Train

I understand that Unstoppable was not a success at the box office, but it's still worth renting as a DVD.

You can always depend on Tony Scott as the director of thrillers. I quite like his Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and this one also kept me sitting on the edge of my couch for most part of the film.  I always love trains and see them as a 'romantic' mode of transportation. But Scott made the runaway train in Pensylvannia look like a monster - an engulfing one throughout the movie!

Denzel Washington is aging as a boomer, but his acting is getting better and better. A boomer and a rookie worked together to become heroes at a railway company, and as usual, all their supervisors and corporate big guns are incompetent. Chris Pine is not bad at all - piercing blue eyes and a credible actor holding his own next to veteran Washington.

Washington and Scott have made five movies together. The synergy and partnership are obvious in this movie. This is a thriller without cops and bad guys, and it became more convincing because it's inspired by true events.