
Will continues to call his wife constantly, but she never picks up. Q: And Will has a heart of gold, with a loving wife and kid at home?Ī: Actually, his wife took out a restraining order on him after he accused her of cheating and then pulled a gun on her male friend, who also happens to be a cop. Q: Will gets a lot of ribbing from the veterans on the job, right?

Pine plays Will, the new guy who got the job through family connections. Q: Let me guess, Chris Pine is taking Frank's job?Ī: More or less. Q: How many times does Frank mention that he has worked for the railroad company for 28 years? Is the train hauling anything harmful?Ī: It is hauling a substantial amount of molten phenol, a very toxic chemical.Ī: No, the train is referred to by its number, 777.Ī: Denzel Washington plays Frank, a 28-year veteran of the railroad company who was recently given notice that he is losing his job to make room for younger staffers. Q: That is a surprisingly specific comparison. The train's dispatcher (played by Rosario Dawson) claims the train is the length of the Chrysler building. Regardless, the train was left in a very high gear, so it continues to gain speed as it goes-up to 80 miles per hour. Q: Was the train really going too fast, or was the engineer just too slow?Ī: Probably the latter. Q: Who plays the engineer who jumps out of the train?Ī: Ethan Suplee, best known for playing Randy on My Name is Earl. He thought he would be able to jump back in, but the train was going too fast. Q: Why is the freight train unmanned in Unstoppable? Does this have something to do with the recession?Ī: The freight train had an engineer, but he hopped out to change a railroad switch on the tracks. Snipes did star alongside Woody Harrelson in 1995's Money Train.

Unstoppable was a 2004 direct-to-DVD release starring Wesley Snipes that has absolutely nothing to do with trains.

Q: Oh, yes, Unstoppable-the movie about a train filled with money starring Wesley Snipes?Ī: No, you're confusing your train movies. Unstoppable is a movie about an unmanned, out-of-control freight train. Why are we still talking about it?Ī: The Taking of Pelham 123, which came out in 2009, was a movie about a hijacked New York City subway train.

Aren't you forgetting John Travolta?Ī: John Travolta and Denzel Washington starred in last year's The Taking of Pelham 123, which was also directed by Tony Scott. Q: Are you sure your introduction is correct? I swear I've seen this movie before, but Chris Pine wasn't in it. Is a movie about a train with no one on it exciting? Is this really a true story? Will Unstoppable be unstoppable at the box office this weekend? As a service, we answer every question that you could possibly have about Unstoppable. Denzel Washington plays a railway veteran assigned to show the new guy on the job (Pine) the ropes.
