Runaway Train

1985

Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller

38
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 83% · 35 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 36336 36.3K

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Director

Andrey Konchalovskiy Photo
Andrey Konchalovskiy

Top cast

T.K. Carter Photo
T.K. Carter as Dave Prince
Eric Roberts Photo
Eric Roberts as Buck McGeehy
Norman Alexander Gibbs Photo
Norman Alexander Gibbs as Queen Con
John Bloom Photo
John Bloom as Tall Con
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975.35 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 12
1.8 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 40

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by danielcereto 7 / 10

Great in 2023

I am just discovering old new classics and this one is a little jewel. I can't understand why nowadays producers can't create great movies with simple and credible things.First, the story it is not original but entertaining. It keeps you on the seat during the the almost two hours. The end is great for me and it works well.Second, the cast is great. Credible, dumb psycho's but with soul. Important to include a great cast for such simple neurotic roles.Last, FX's here are better than 95% of nowadays CGI. Embarrassing to watch how old school can create this on 1985.To add, music is great too. Great oldie vibes and interesting song for conclusion.So, overall this movie is better than 75% of movies created on 2023. Something is not working in Hollywood.
Reviewed by degeneraatti 7 / 10

A rare gem from the Cannon Group filmography

I don't think I could dislike the movie that gave us both Machete and Zeus.In all seriousness though, Runaway Train might just be the best film to come out from the crap-factory known as Cannon Group. Unsurprisingly this gem is based on a script by someone head and shoulders above the pack, this being here Akira Kurosawa. But no man is an island, and it takes considerably more than a script to make a movie. Jon Voight and Eric Roberts might provide the best performances I've seen from either one in a chilling setting that beautifully emphasizes the desperation of the characters in both their current predicament and life in general.In addition to compelling cinematography, this Cannon film also surprises the viewer with yet another aspect sorely missing in many of their films: character development. This films grips the viewer on so many fronts and doesn't let go. The Runaway Train might be without a driver, but the film about it very much in control of its own fate, from beginning to end. I was pleasantly surprised by the way the movie almost poetically wraps itself done before the credits roll like any properly told story should.It saddens me to realize how often overlooked this movie is. Before the Cannon Group documentary Electric Boogaloo I don't remember any mention of it, even though I've scanned quite some of their catalogue in search of "so bad it's good" b-movies (and boy, do they deliver that in a steaming pile!)However, Runaway Train is in a completely different category, and despite some minor flaws I do heartily recommend it to anyone even vaguely interested in it. Such poetry in film never comes too often to our screens, so it should be savoured at every chance.
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