It was OK, but it loses -1 star for product placement. -1 star for the product to be a sexist & offensive product and the gratuitous scenes featuring it were nothing more than ads.

Otherwise, it's about as exciting as you might think a tale of a "runaway" train carrying chemicals speeding towards town can be.

I admit it, I watched it because Denzel Washington was in it, and because I've liked some of Tony Scott's other work - but I'm not a huge fan of the disaster genre.

Characters are pretty lightly developed - older experienced guy being forced out so company can make money by not paying him full retirement & using lower paid people. Earnest & smart people vs. the greedy corporates who are making decisions based on profit/loss calculations alone.

The only mildly interesting character development subplot was the Chris Pine character who started out presented as a possible stalker/abuser.