Archive for the Tag 'Denzel Washington'

UNSTOPPABLE – Reviewed by David

Having already done the underground train thing with their remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, Denzel Washington and director Tony Scott move above ground with Unstoppable, a rousing runaway train thriller co-starring Chris Pine that barrels right along and barely brakes for nuance.

THE BOOK OF ELI – Reviewed by David

Denzel Washington speaks softly and wields a very big knife in The Book of Eli, a stylish post-apocalyptic action tale directed by The Hughes Brothers that essentially serves as an $80 million sermon about the power of Christianity.

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 – Reviewed by Jeremy

Tony Scott’s Pelham remake left me both entertained at times and hanging my head, shaking it back and forth in anger with some of the acting holes and employment of hollow characters.
John Travolta plays the angry-with-the-government New Yorker whose means for holding up a train full of hostages are never justified. Sure, he seems [...]