Movie Review - Unstoppable

I just watched this movie last weekend when I was out with B-bunz and my brothers. It was a long Saturday. I had to go Uni in the morning to let go of my VP post and then the car I drove broke down. It was frustrating because I thought driving my brother's car would be best compared to my car with the problematic brake pads but apparently I miscalculated. So we only arrived at The Gardens MidValley at 6pm and watched the 8.30pm show.

Seriously, in my opinion, this is a good movie. There are some gripping actions here which are a little more than what really happened in Ohio in 2001. Still, although most of the time in the movie there are only trains and chasing another train from derailing, the movie was not boring. I think this movie is much better than Takers and Skyline.

The real incident happened on May 15, 2001 when an unmanned CSX yard train consisting of one model SD-40-2 locomotive, 22 loaded, and 25 empty cars, 2898 gross trailing tons, departed Stanley Yard, which is located in Walbridge, Ohio. The uncontrolled movement proceeded south for a distance of 66 miles. And then, near mile 67, the crew of Q63615 successfully caught the runaway equipment and succeeded in coupling to the rear car, at a speed of 51 mph. By the time the train passed over Route 31 south of Kenton, the engineer had slowed the speed of the train to approximately 11 mph. At the crossing,Trainmaster Jon Hosfeld, who was able to run along side the unmanned locomotive climbed aboard. After immediately shutting down the throttle, the train quickly came to a stop.

So how did this happen?

Apparently, while the train was still moving at a speed of approximately 8 mph, the engineer dismounted the locomotive and ran ahead to reposition the switch before the train could run through and cause damage to the switch. The engineer was successful in operating the switch just seconds before the train reached it. He then ran alongside the locomotive and attempted to reboard but instead of the speed decrease as the engineer expected, it increased to 12mph. Due to poor footing and wet grab handles on the locomotive, the engineer could not pull himself up, instead was dragged along for approximately 80 feet until he released his grip on the hand rails and fell to the ground.

You can read the report of the incident here.

I have always loved to see Denzel Washington's movies and this one is no different. I think the collaboration with Chris Pine is also great. If you're bored or thinking of going to the cinema, check out this movie, it is worth your money.

Movie Rating : 8.5/10

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