''Unstoppable'' is a 2004 American action film directed by David Carson and starring

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, Stuart Wilson and

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. The film was released in the United States on October 30, 2004.

Plot

A former

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agent and ex-Special Forces member Dean Cage (

), is in a rehab program, haunted by a botched mission in

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which resulted in the execution of his best friend Scott (

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). While in a restaurant waiting for his girlfriend, Baltimore Police Detective Amy Knight (

), who happens to be Scott's sister, he is mistakenly believed to be a CIA agent involved with a stolen military experimental truth serum. He is abducted by the real thieves and injected with the drug, which makes him relive the moments from the failed Bosnian mission and not able to discern who are his allies and who are his enemies. Amy has six hours to find the antidote and save Dean's life.

Cast

as Dean Cage *

as Detective Amy Knight * Stuart Wilson as Mr. Sullivan *

as Peterson *

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as Leitch *

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as Agent Junod * Vincent Riotta as Detective Jay Miller * David Schofield as Dr. Collins * Nicholas Aaron as McNab * Kim Thomson as Agent Kennedy * Jo Stone-Fewings as Agent Gabriel *

as Scott Knight * Gary Oliver as Sullivan's Driver *

Andrew Pleavin Andrew Pleavin (born 13 April 1968) is an English actor known for his appearances in the TV film ''Attila'', '' Unstoppable'', ''Batman Begins'', ''Attack of the Gryphon'', '' Return to House on Haunted Hill'' and his roles in the British polic ...

as Cherney * Raicho Vasilev as St. Nevis Guard #1 * David Fleeshman as St. Nevis Guard #2 * Velizar Binev as The Buyer * Asen Blatechki as Sniper

Production

Filming

''Unstoppable'' was filmed in

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and Los Angeles, California in 42 days on March 2 and April 13, 2003.

Music

The credit song is the hiphop track "Move" by Leroy and Denoyd.

Release

Home media

DVD was released in Region 1 in the United States on November 23, 2004, and also Region 2 in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2005, it was distributed by

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External links

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