My only problem with this movie was one scene. When Frank(Denzel Washington) and Will(Chris Prine) were rolling train 1206 backwords trying to catch up with the runaway 777, they began talking about their marriages. I really don't think that if I was in their situation, movie or not; that I would want to talk about my marriage, maybe coming up with a plan of how to stop the train would be a better topic? I don't know, it's just a thought.
That being said, I also have a problem with the character Dewey...chances are, if he didn't tie the airbrakes this time, resulting in 777 becoming a runaway, who wants to bet he didn't do before, and just wasn't caught? Why even hire the incompetant douche in the first place? he's the kind of guy that's meant to stay his whole life at McDonalds, and I mean that in the nicest possible way, too.
Connie Hopper, the yard master at least has some sense; she knows when to say 'yes' to her boss Galvin, and when to say 'No, you're wrong, I'm doing it my way, you're not out in this field everyday, go suck it.' She doesn't really say that, of course, but it's what I imagine her saying throughout some of the movie when Galvin really wants things done his way, and they fail. Like sending the Marine to stop the train via Helicoptor to jump down and take control, really; that made sense to you?
But; Frank and Will do get the train stopped with some help from Ned, who even though he's only in a few scenes, is probably my favorite character of the whole movie, exactly how Galvin said it wouldn't work. Shows him. Of course, they did have to get the train stopped, we only had an hour and a half for the movie.
Still, even with the character flaws, and random marriage talks, I didn't find any major plot holes, and that made me happy.
I still really like the movie; I give it a 8.2/10
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