This weekend, Denzel Washington stars in the Tony Scott-directed, train-gone-amok thriller, Unstoppable. About a year and a half ago, I used almost the exact same sentence to describe the Denzel Washington-starring, Tony Scott-directed, train-gone-amok thriller, The Taking of Pelham 123. It was hard not to notice some... let's say, similarities in some of the discussions that took place at the press conferences for both films. So, to test your knowledge of Tony Scott train movies, see if you can guess if the following Denzel Washington quotes are from this weekend's Unstoppable or last year's The Taking of Pelham 123.
[And let us know how you did in the comments.]
1. "It was great to get to drive the train. Everything on them hurts. It's all heavy. You know, you step on it, you hit your knee."
2. "Drive one? No. I shouldn't say...well, I can say. If you look real close, when I'm driving, the guy on the other side is actually the driver."
3. "We had two trains. One was the train that looked like the train and another was chopped up so that that cab could be circled by this kind of 360 camera."
4. "Our technical advisor was a guy that started at the bottom and worked his way up. You talk to him and ask how you get to be in the position I'm in. He said 'You start at track maintenance. You might become a flag man. You work your way up, local dispatch, might be a conductor."
5. "I rode it almost everyday for many years."
6. "I think it's basically the story of a hostage situation on a train."
7. "There's nothing average about someone who can control a 100,000 ton machine or make it stop or risk his life to do it."
8. "When you are young you sneak on the trains, have fun."
9. "You had all these guys and women around us on this platform going 50 mph."
(Answers are on the next page.)
Answer Key:
1. Unstoppable
2. The Taking of Pelham 123
3. Unstoppable
4. The Taking of Pelham 123
5. The Taking of Pelham 123
6. The Taking of Pelham 123
7. Unstoppable
8. The Taking of Pelham 123
9. Unstoppable
[Pelham 123 and Unstoppable press conferences via Collider]