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Atomic Train

Atomic Train promotional poster
Directed by David Jackson
Dick Lowry
Written by Jeff Fazio et al
Starring Rob Lowe
Kristin Davis
Esai Morales
John Finn
Distributed by Trimark Home Video
Release date(s) September 21, 1999
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Language English
IMDb profile

Atomic Train is a 1999 action movie about an accidental nuclear explosion destroying the city of Denver. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Action movies are a Film genre where action sequences such as fights, Shootouts Stunts Car chases or explosions either take precedence A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an intentionally high-speed Nuclear reaction. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States It was originally broadcast on NBC as a two-part miniseries. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes

Cast

Plot

A waste disposal company has a Russian nuclear bomb to transport, and an employee decides to save money by concealing it on a freight train. Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American Actor. Kristin Landen Davis (also listed as Kristin Lee Davis; born February 23 or February 24, 1965 depending on the source is an American Esai Manuel Morales Morales began his pursuit of an acting career by attending the School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. This article is about the US actor For the US Navy veteran see John William Finn. Mena Adrienne Suvari (born February 13, 1979) is an American Actress, model, Fashion designer and Spokeswoman. Edward Kirk Herrmann (born July 21, 1943) is an American Television and Film actor Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. This train is also loaded with hazardous and flammable chemicals including metallic sodium which spontaneously ignites on contact with water. Sodium (ˈsoʊdiəm is an element which has the symbol Na( Latin natrium, from Arabic natrun) atomic number 11 atomic mass 22 The train suffers a brake failure and becomes a runaway heading for Denver. John Seger, a heroic NTSB investigator, boards the train and with the assistance of the railwaymen tries various ways to stop the train. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB is an independent U Several ideas are tried, such as coupling a following train to the caboose (the coupling mechanisim on the caboose breaks), a derailing attempt (after it is revealed the catastrophy the chemicals would cause if ignited) in which a helicopter narrowly avoids being hit, and finally, an attempt at manually activating the brakes (via hitting a part of the engine mechanism with a wrench). The final attempt works successfully, but is short-lived. The following rescue train, unaware of the freight's slowing, speeds forward and crushes the caboose (killing an injured member in the process). The force disengages the brakes, causing the train to speed up once again. Meanwhile, Denver residents are struggling to collect their families and then leave town, despite rioters and gridlock.

The train derails and becomes a terrific wreck. Discovering the now highly unstable bomb on-board, firefighters struggle to put out the fire at the crash site. The misinterpretation of a radio call to a water bombing helicopter leads it to dump its load onto the wreck. Aerial firefighting is a method to combat Wildfires using aircraft Water comes into contact with the metallic sodium, which explodes and in turn causes the nuclear bomb to detonate. It then releases an electromagnetic pulse throughout Denver blowing things with a wave of power. The term electromagnetic pulse ( EMP) has the following meanings Electromagnetic radiation from an Explosion (especially a Nuclear The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States It then shuts down everything in the city of Denver, no cars work, electricity is down, anything with a computer is shut down.

Plot and factual flaws

The movie is notorious for its factual and plot oversights. Most often quoted is that the train is said to become a runaway when it is still 300 miles west of Denver with a continuous decline ahead. Since this would place it on the other side of the Continental Divide, it should be going generally uphill for most of the first 250 miles, a critical plot flaw. A continental divide is a line of elevated Terrain which forms a border between two watersheds such that Water falling on one side of the line eventually

Furthermore, for safety reasons all trains are fitted with Westinghouse air brakes. An air brake is a conveyance braking system applied by means of compressed air. In the event of a failure, such as an air leak like that which occurs in the movie, the brakes would be fully applied.

One of the biggest flaws is even though the movie takes place in Denver, the Denver skyline is actually never shown. Many city skyline shots show the Vancouver skyline in Canada. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Buildings can be seen with Canada Trust or the Bank of Nova Scotia logos. Scotiabank (Banque Scotia () the trademark name for The Bank of Nova Scotia, is one of Canada 's Big Five banks.

The caboose is uncoupled from the train, but just before the train crashes, for a split second, the caboose can be seen still connected to the train. A caboose (North American Railway terminology) or brake van or guard's van (British terminology is a manned rail transport vehicle coupled at

An electromagnetic pulse can shut down electronics, but between 3 MHz and 30 MHz, it doesn't have the power to shut down everything in a major city.

Nuclear weapons cannot be triggered by an external explosion. They contain multiple shaped explosives that must be triggered in a precise sequence to evenly compress the weapons-grade plutonium or highly-enriched uranium inside.

When the chase-locomotive couples to the runaway train, the locomotive at the front should have been uncoupled allowing the locomotive in back to slow and stop the train.

See IMDb Atomic Train Goofs for a thorough list.

Awards

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References

External links

See also Disaster film Doomsday film This list of disaster and doomsday Films represents over half a century of films within the genre Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies.
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