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Toxic Train in Unstoppable

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Tony Scott's runaway train thriller deserves to pick up its share of punters. Scott and his long-term collaborator Denzel Washington have found themselves a (mostly) shrewd script that reworks a real incident from 2001 and makes it relevant to an America still reeling from economic meltdown and the BP oil spill. Frank (Washington) is the washed-up conductor of train 1206, forced to show the ropes to a well-connected rookie, Will (Chris Pine), whose very inexperience makes him desirable to the bosses - he comes cheap. As train 777 starts wreaking havoc in Pennsylvania, Frank and Will discover common ground. So is the energy generated by Scott - he orchestrates enjoyable (non-CGI) moves that have more to do with Hollywood than heroism..

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