Runaway Train (1985)

R  |   |  Action, Adventure, Drama  |  6 December 1985 (USA)
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Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.

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Conlan
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Al Turner (as Reid Cruikshanks)
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Fat Con
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Old Con (as Norton E. 'Hank' Warden)
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Storyline

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>

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Desperate, And Determined To Survive. See more »


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6 December 1985 (USA)  »

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Escape en tren  »

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$9,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$7,936,012 (USA)
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Cannon's U.S. trailer used Henry Mancini's score from Lifeforce (1985), an earlier big budget Cannon production which they released six months earlier. See more »

Goofs

When Manny is being dragged under the train holding onto the coupler, he is supposedly between two of the engines. Engines have mechanical parts throughout their undercarriage and the wheels tend to be somewhat jacketed, the car under which Manny was hanging appeared more to be a spine freight car since the wheels were plainly visible and no under engine machinery was visible. See more »

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Rankin: Please try again. And I'll send you out of here in plastic!
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Gloria in D Major
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Very watchable, despite some flaws
24 March 2005 | by (St. Paul, MN) – See all my reviews

"Runaway Train" is hardly a perfect film – as others have mentioned, there are plenty of things here that feel tacked on, implausible, or even ridiculous (the Captain Ahab of a villain risking his own life to destroy his enemy, the silly riot scenes in the prison, the over-the-top speechifying and florid epigraph at the end credits, etc., etc.). But surprisingly, we find ourselves left with an impression of overall integrity and intelligent artistry – quite the feat, considering the number of melodramatic or otherwise un-subtle elements in the mix. In particular, Jon Voight's hamminess gets to be a bit much, but Eric Roberts's twitchiness for once creates a character who seems vulnerable and likable (if still occasionally obnoxious). And Rebecca De Mornay is quite surprising, and shows herself to be a real actress despite the vamp roles in which she most often finds herself typecast. The pacing and the rhythm of the dialogue is somewhat odd, but rather than irritating or alienating us, it seems to ground the film in its own unique textural world. At its best, "Runaway Train" reminded me of "Night of the Living Dead" or another great people-trapped-in-a-little-room suspense film, and it's worth the effort for most viewers. 7.5 out of 10.


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