[7]

An unmanned train is going to crash in a highly populated area unless a conductor and an engineer can stop it. It may be Speed on a train, but as action flicks go, it’s still pretty entertaining. Scenes with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine ‘bonding’ while hurdling toward disaster reek of cliche (so does the subplot involving Pine’s marriage) — but the forced character development is kept to a minimum. While I mostly enjoyed the movie, I do think it’s a step down in quality compared to director Tony Scott’s earlier work. We don’t need quite that many cuts and unmotivated camera movement. And could you do me a favor? Could you not do a quick zoom in the middle of every other shot? Like, ever again? With Rosario Dawson.

Oscar Nomination: Best Sound Editing