A train engineer shows lazyness and carelessness, to add to it he faces a bad luck at wrong time that results him loosing the control over the train. Now, a train is running without any engineer on it, with brakes not covered, throttle at a position meaning the speed is fast and the train contains lots of toxic chemicals. Either the train needs to be stopped by gaining control over it or it needs to be blasted before it enters a city comprising more than 50,000 ppl who could get affected by the chemicals present in the train.

Usually films like this are majorly about entertainment and edge of the seat kind, thats what this film provides. A hour and 40 mins long, it comes to the main plot quite quickly with the back stories been told side by side but the main preference given to the unstoppable train. 

I personally love watching scenes involving train and to have a complete film on trains is a blessing in disguise. At first, the burning train comes to mind but except for Helicopter scene there is hardly any similarity.

One may argue though that the ending happens too easily, we were willing to see it take more time probably or I should say, it getting bit more tougher to stop the train. 

Denzel Washington and Chris Pine are very good in their performances. Screenplay is good, the way they build 2 stories side by side, one of the unstoppable train on another track and one of these two engineer and conductor who are trying to know each other until they both come to know that the unstoppable train is coming towards them.

 Camera angles are very good and probably gives certain high to the film. 


Overall, the film works because it provides good enough thrilling entertainment that one expects in such a film. 


Rating : 3.50 Out of 5